Kathleen Jessie (Sutherland) Seir bone Williams smith smyth Erskine and bottleman (abt. 1893 - 1963)

Died 29 Jun 1963 at about age 70 in Wellington, New Zealand

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ALLEGED FRAUD SERIES OF CHARGES MAN AND TWO WOMEN [by telegraph—press association] WELLINGTON, Wednesday A number of alleged forgeries, involving a charge of impersonation by a woman of another woman in order to provide security for raising loans, and alleged conspiracies to defraud, figured in the Magistrate's Court today when David Hodges, aged 45, clerk, and two women appeared before Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M. The hearing of the charges occupied the Court all day. With Phyllis Gladys Davis, a married woman, Hodges was charged with conspiracy to defraud people on two occasions of £55 and £l5O respectively. With Kathleen Jessie Alekna, also a married woman, he was charged with conspiracy to defraud the Union Bank of Australia of £350. Charges were also preferred against Hodges alone of forging a letter and obtaining by false pretence various small sums. Three charges . against Hodges of obtaining money by false pretences were adjourned for hearing on April 17 until the indictable charges had been dealt with. Hodges and Davis pleaded guilty to the remaining charges against them and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Alekna, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial.

Sources

• new zealand Herald thursday april 11 1035