CHARGE Of FORGING TELEGRAMS.
TWO AIEN COAIAIITTED FOB TRIAL
[Per Press Association.! NAPIER, Oct. 11
At the Alagistrate’s Court Hiram Ashcroft, a foundry employee, and Arthur Hanlen, a telegraphic Depatch Clerk, both young men, were charged with the forgery of a telegram. Tiny pleaded not guilty. The evidence went to show that, by means of a bogus telegram, Edward Limbrick. cycle agent, doing betting business, was led to pay sums of £22 10s and £5 to Ashcroft cn the result of horse races, improper use being made of official paper and date stamp. One of the two cases was heard to-day and both the accused were committed to the Supreme Court for trial.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19091012.2.16
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2630, 12 October 1909, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
113CHARGE Of FORGING TELEGRAMS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2630, 12 October 1909, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in