A CURIOUS STORY
TRIAL OF AN ADVENTURESS.' London, November 29. A curious story of extravagance was told at the Manchester Assizes. Mary Brady a young cashier for a shipping firm, was charged with defrauding her employers of .£23,000, of which .£B4OO had been recovered. She lived during a brief career like a millionairess, wearing the most expensive furs, entertaining troops of friends, and gambling heavily. Her personal display aroused tho firm's suspicions, and led to her detection. She admitted defrauding the firm of XIO.OOO, and was sentenced to a year's imprison-ment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 61, 5 December 1919, Page 7
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93A CURIOUS STORY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 61, 5 December 1919, Page 7
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