FLEECING THE PUBLIC.
TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY IN LONDON. By Toleffrapli—Presß Acsoolation—OojjjtlbM "Timoa"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables* (Reo. Ootobor 10, 7.86 p.m.) London, Octobor 10. Tho Publio Prosecutor is taking uj) a case against certain men connected with the Snide Auction Room in tho Strand. They are charged with assaulting a Scotchman who had tendered a sovereign in payment of a twopenny knife, but who did not receive his change, and whon he called next day the tbreo defendants attempted to eject him, breaking his nose. The acoused were remanded to custody. ' The newspapers are filled with complaints of people boing fleeced in such places. Scotland Yard states that the police authorities have been unable to take action, as people do not care to make epeoifio charges.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1878, 11 October 1913, Page 5
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126FLEECING THE PUBLIC. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1878, 11 October 1913, Page 5
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