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Dunstan Times, Issue 993, 29 April 1881, Page 2

A young man, a native of New Kealand, arrived in Sydney recently on his way to the Mount Poole rush, and ono night got into magsmen’s company, who quickly fleeced him of £OO, lie says On Wednesday’ morning a well-dressed man met mo at tho corner of York and Barrack streets, and walked with me to the Clarence and Richmond Motel in Kent street. Wo had some drink in the parlor, when a stranger entered and recited a curious yarn about a game which he wished us to play with him. The game was this : My friend whom I met in Yoik and Barrack streets was to put a shilling under a tumbler, and the stranger was to cry it—head or tail. We w'ere to play tho first five up, and the stranger was to call every time, for which privilege he gave us three nut/ of five. The scores were taken with ten paper balls placed in two rows of live each. I and my friend bet, having the odds of two o(T to start with. We lost L 35, when I only had L 3 left—not enough for a heavy bet, so my friend filled the body of a cheque and told me to put my name to it that I might stake it as money. I put a fictitious name to it and staked it with my L 5, and lost right off. The stranger then said ho avmild get his solicitor to collect it, and left. My friend then protended to be much frightened about the cheque, and said we should both get into it. This must he a conspiracy to defraud. I had now left in tho bank Ll3, belonging to self and a mate of mine My mate, hcarin ' of my less, drew tho Lls, and knocked it down in ono night. Wo have been kindly given free passes hy tho Ooven went for the train up cinntry.”