ALLEGED SWINDLE.
WRESTLERS CHARGED. [by TELEGRAPH —FEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.j AUCKLAND, Nov. 5 Miihamed Ali Sunni, and Theodore Godding, the professional wrestlers, were charged in the Supreme C uni t to-day with conspiring to defraud .lolrn Sercombe, a City Council employee, and hi- wife, ol t.T0.5 by pretending that Godding should win it wrestling limit at Nanier last June.. Air AlerediUi. Crown I’roseeutnr, said the charges amounted to an accusation of swindling, and the allegations suggested something most unsportsmanlike. Godding had introduced Sereoinhe to Sunni, who persuaded Sereomlie to become Gudding’s backer, with tln> result that Sereomhe put up COO of his own, borrowed Clot) I rum his wife and other sums Irom Ins workmates. Sunni got the money covered hv Indians, and was supposed la i"k • down His fellow countrymen, hut when I la- match took place, lie was declared the winner. Du returning to Ancleland, he assured Sereomhe that his money wa- all right, and, added counsel, njiparctul.v it was, for Sunni kep) it. (Lidding told Sereomhe that Sunni gut a grip on him. nearly breaking his knee, lie was unable, despite every olfort, to overcome him. Alter th" match he told Sereomhe that Sunni wana good. In evidence. Sereomhe -aid be dal not altacli am blame to Godding. The case is proceeding.
In evidence, Mahomed Ali Sunni, said he had been three years in New Zealand. He had won IS out of CO matches, lie alleged that one witness had offered him CL.!I!I not to win at Dargaville. hut he refused. Sunni denied that lie had ever been at Sereumbo’s house. A letter was put in, in which Godding suggested to Sunni two contests, Godding to win the first. Sunni wining the second. The writer concluded : --"Please say nothing to among about ibis. Rurn this Utter.” Sunni’s manager replied that Sunni would not he a partner to any “slinter." Any match would have to be a ease of lei ting the best man win. Sunni said he made C 1 -50 out uf ilm match. The case was adjourned.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1923, Page 4
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341ALLEGED SWINDLE. Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1923, Page 4
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