Mexborough and Swinton Times July 17, 1936

Absent Wife
Denaby Man’s False Unemployment Pay Claim

Pleading guilty at Doncaster on Tuesday, when he appeared on a summons of making a false representation to obtain payment to the unemployment insurance act on March 5, Victor Kynaston, miner, Denaby, was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment.

Mr W. F. Bracewell, appearing for the Ministry of Labour, said that defendant was charged with making a false statement of one day only.

The total amount involved was £30 10s since, from July, 1931. Defendant had been drawing in excess payments from time to time, amounting to this sum.

The false statements consisted in that he was responsible for the maintenance of his wife and two children. He repeated that statement, except for one variation when the number of children was reduced to one.

From July, 1931 to January, 1935 he was saying two children, and since that date only one child.

“At least seven years previous to when he commenced this” said Mr Bracewell “his wife had left him, or they were separated, and she and the children were not dependent upon him.”

Kynaston said that he was sorry.