FALSE PRETENCES.
TO OBTAIN A DRESS. A plea of guilty was entered in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterdav by a young married woman, who was charged before Mr J. H. 'Salmon, S.M., with having obtained a frock valued at £ll 11s by falsely representing herself to be the wife of Dr. Stanton. Jt was stated by Detective-Sergeant Holmes that accused went into a city dressmaker’s establishment, selected frocks to the value of £lO, and asked that they should be charged to Dr. Stanton’s account. She was allowed to take one dress away with her. Subsequently it was found that she was not Mrs Stanton, her husband living n> Australia. Air F. Any on, wbo appeared for accused, said that she had done this ftolish act as a means to obtain credit for a short time. She expected money, from Australia, and was prepared to pay for the dress when it arrived. “This is your first offence,” said the Magistrate,' “and sems to me to be a stupid rather than a criminal act.” Accused was admitted to probation for a period of 12 months, and her name was ordered to be suppressed.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 January 1928, Page 4
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191FALSE PRETENCES. Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 January 1928, Page 4
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