WELLINGTON MAN ROBBED.
CONFIDENCE TRICK,
ARRESTS IN LONDON, (bt cabli—miss amociatiox—coptsigbt ) (ArSIBALIAS AND JT.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION (Received January llth, 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 10. Francis Brearley and James Mason were remanded on a charge of stealing and receiving from £IO,OOO to £15,000 from a Wellington architect, James Hector McKay, and also on a charge Of conspiracy with a man not yet arrested to defraud McKay of £15,000. It is alleged that the defendants unfolded a scheme under which McKay handed over the money, ostensibly to secure a share in £33,000 profits from a gamble in francs by the gang. Brearley bolted, but Mason remained in London till arrested.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18897, 12 January 1927, Page 9
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108WELLINGTON MAN ROBBED. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18897, 12 January 1927, Page 9
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