ANOTHER CONFIDENCE TRICK.
The Sharpers and the Widow, (ns nuts association.) [mb klbotbio thlhgbaph—combxoht.] London, July 28. Two men, on# named George Thompson alias Stephen, claiming to be a Bendigo miner, and Charles MaoNally were Charged at Bow street with defrauding a widow named Annie Benwick of Bourke street Melbourne. Mrs Fenwick while voyaging from Melbourne alleges that the Jnsoneri took her and her daughter to hria and promised marriage and then gader various protents obtained £BOO. No marriage resulted. Accused# were remanded. Mhiboubnb, July 30. The two men, named Thompson and MeNally, arrested in London, are believed to be identical with well-known spielers. The former has frequently been convicted and the latter absconded fre« bail
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 July 1901, Page 3
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122ANOTHER CONFIDENCE TRICK. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 July 1901, Page 3
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