FALSE PRETENCES.
PROTECTION OF BUSINESS MEN. ACCUSED SENT TO GAOL. WELLINGTON, Monday. A young salesman, John Larnach Shearer, was charged with obtaining a dinner suit valued at £l7 17s from James Arthur Doherty by falsely representing that he would send the tailor s boy back with a cheque when he delivered the suit at the office. He was also charged with obtaining from Turnbull and Jones electric globes valued at £lB 8s 7d by falsely representing that he had paid for them. “The business community must be protected,” said Mr Salmon, S.M., “and this man lias committed an extremely cunning and deeply-laid scheme . of false pretences. It is a case for imprisonment, and I shall sentence accused to a short, sharp term of imprisonment, which I hope will have the desired effect.” Accused was sentenced to three months.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17222, 4 October 1927, Page 7
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138FALSE PRETENCES. Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17222, 4 October 1927, Page 7
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