Albert Lakin, the tramp who was convicted of attempting to obtain money by false pretenses at Newton last week, and remanded for inquiries, was sentenced on Monday by Mr. R. Vicary and Dr. J. W. Ley to one month’s imprisonment. It will be remembered he called on Mrs. Mary Pinsent of 6, Devon Square, and represented that he had been sent to collect the gas account. As a matter of fact, he had never been employed by the Gas Company. P.S. Creech said there was nothing known against the prisoner beyond a conviction for begging at Torquay.
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