Alleged Blackmailing.
AN UNFOUNDED CHARGE.
„'." (lEll ONIXED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) • '^"- ' Dunediv, Monday: • A man calling himself Thomas Kelly* I Hut whose, .real name is William Mcc j \ sought to recover m the Besident Magisi^rate's Court on Friday last £62 10s from 'yjphn M'Gee, on the ground of oppres-l sion under .influence and fraud. Kelly — ; was- a-cattle - dealer/in Carlisle, England , .and jhou^ht cattle from auctioneers on "credit, arid left for the colony without payJ3ng_fo.r. them. M'.&ee .had known Mcc or .Kelly m Cavlisle,. and it was . contended ' that he liad obtained £62 10a by threatening to send him Home- ' For the defence ' ii was' shown that Kelly had sought .M'Gee, arid, had voluntarily given him ••tnoneyito hold his tongue. "The magistrate believed the latter version, and • ' £jay& judgment for defendant. :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1648, 2 March 1886, Page 4
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128Alleged Blackmailing. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1648, 2 March 1886, Page 4
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