ACTIONS QUITE IN ORDER.
Mr. .Tanning urged that Mond's actions had been quite in order. The Magistrate: "Cannot inference bo drawn' from the fact that he had not produced on demand a document said to bo a power of attorney signed by influential men in England?" Mr. Manning: "Not at all." Mr. Scott, for the Crown, submitted that the defendants' intention was to convince leading business men that they were bona fide, and then obtain money from the public. The Magistrate: "What is troubling mo is the matter of ratification in England. Do you suggest that this.would have been rigged up by the defendants?" . - ~
Mr. Scott: "Yes."
After further evidence Mond and Cunningham were committed for trial, bail being fixed at £40 each. The Magistrate remarked that he would leave the matter tv the Attorney-General.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 81, 2 October 1931, Page 7
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135ACTIONS QUITE IN ORDER. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 81, 2 October 1931, Page 7
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