GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE.

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19604, 17 June 1935, Page 6

GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE.

FALSE PRETENOES CHARGE.

ISSUE OF VALUELESS CHEQUE

•' You should have learned a lesson last time but I will give you one more chance. If you come before the court again on a similar charge you will get a long term of reformative detention,” commented Ml’ S. L. Paterson, S.M. in the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, today, in convicting Warwick Percival Gray Ladd (25), and placing him on probation for three years on a charge of false pretences. Detective C. P. Belton stated that lie tiad taken a statement from accused. who admitted issuing a valueless cheque in an hotel al Tauranga to pay ills board. Up had no banking account. Detective-Sergeant J. Thompson, who prosecuted, stated that, accused had previously been convicted of four charges of false pretences and had been placed on probation for 12 months. The probationary period had been passed. Ladd stated that ho was sorry for what lie had done and if given another chance would be able to return to his job on a farm. In phreing Ladd on probation His Worship ordered him lo make restitution within three months.