A Nest of French Coiners.
jfV^kifg.ol^Fcen^h^ dxpire'e^- rVom' v ;iI thd convict settlement. ai New Caled)bia ha\je^i^eq^ k ' S bftr'ryni<| X 'on. /..a caijeor of crime as burglars and coin- ; J.l^ree of them nave recently been arrested for storie;b,realdng and vob\ie\y. and at last" theleader,' Philip Duuityj ? v^sj aj>p.irclienid.ed, •.•indfltJjeV ' hiding place of the gang discovered. Tbe oottage confc'aiheil- o^ie of the mdsfr.qonipleteJandr extraordinary: as- ' "'-'' sojjfmeri & of bliirglavs 1 (and coiners* ■' '• ' ■ implements ey.«r 'discovered m the : ' '■'' ..^oloiiyu The place wias stocked with ; "' a Isujiply of;i»wines, bieers, : '.' groceries, ham, butter, eggs, and' : ' :l ' :;p reserves of every' description,, ■.'t,uffi6"ejVt ! -.tb niaihtam tfee 'gahgl'for' J :r ■fullf fe'ix. months', tlie^Hble. of which.' ''[ are v.^iue'd affi'om '^ISO. tp';£SOo'."| - : i l.'he'- pdlice' discovered ' 'cpncpaleH.jbe- r '. ,; •■.neath" the ftj^en several ingots , pf ., tin. . , , "and lead, .together, ;v/ith several ,co.m-- ■-.-■ plete plaster of Paris casts used.; -for-: coi ni ng, . soy ereigns, - hajlf-sove^eign s£ ( ■<ha;lf-crowns,,-ijprins,; and other coins,,; : /-•■ r a nuiliber of^Uea,.thr-ee newlyviomed" ;spurious floririSiand a spurious tlirek-' ; pqnny bit. The casts • and > dies^ '•- w^re; -Vorbs : oiarfi and the -kiptintiii'd . , corns were so perfectly formed \ri -''•' "ever^' detail tlrat" it wonld : be l almo^ injpossi'BlbJ'w'ifchout'minute _ ejiftmiria-'' tion to di«coyer; ; th ! 6 ; fmy d. ' P^ijijp^ ' ''Diui'r 'is iibw feigning 'madrieks. •The' . pc)lice haye-j asbertainec} that.. put of I|hj rty-t liree' Freifcli 'expjree'^in ' V}c- ■ t living, three are keeping iioiises: r; ol L : ; 'lilj-iame, one is a prostitute, ten are living >on Che earnings, of women of this iinlurtunate'; ,clas,s V : fifteen! am ■ >■ , undergoing for. various, ■■■. offencesva'nd ,-one- has j usti been' sent 1 ■ : U> Sydheyy to take his-trial foi^ teit± CCpy-ii''^ •-■n, 1.7 ;.'=•.' : :.;-::;•!'.;;:■ ■■.•=■•:
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 20, 22 December 1884, Page 4
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266A Nest of French Coiners. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 20, 22 December 1884, Page 4
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