REFUGEE VICTIM
! THEFT AND FALSE PRETENCE (By Tele graph.—l’russ Association DUNEDIN, Wednesday ! A staff sergeant in the military forces, Rupert Hall Taylor, aged 36, i and married, admitted a series of charges involving theft and lalse pretences in the Police Court this morning and was committed for sentence. ! The evidence disclosed that early 1 last year he made tiie acquaintance { ot a German-Jewish refugee woman, • obtained £SO and £45 from her and ! then pawned for £6O a gold mesh bag ! studded with diamonds and sap- ! phires which belonged to her and was valued at £l5O. Late r he went 1 ■ a j solicitor and by representing that the I brig w;>.. his he secured an advance I of £29 10s from him.
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21758, 18 June 1942, Page 2
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122REFUGEE VICTIM Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21758, 18 June 1942, Page 2
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