A BIG SWINDLE
WELLINGTON ARCHITECT VICTIMISED, TWO MEN ARRESTED. (Preen 4s9ooiaUoD--Rv TV!cgraph —Copyright.) LONDON. January 10. (Received Jan. 11, at 7.20 p.m.) Francis Brearley and James Mason were remanded on a charge of stealing and receiving £IO,OOO to £15,000 from a Wellington arcliitect, James Hector M'Kay. There is also a charge of conspiracy with a man not yet arrested to ] defraud M'Kay of £15,000. It is alleged J that the defendants unfolded a scheme ! under which M'Kay handed over money j ostensibly to secure a share in £33,000 • profits from a gamble in francs by the! gang. Brearley bolted, but Mason re- j mained in London till he was arrested.— j A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19995, 12 January 1927, Page 7
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115A BIG SWINDLE Otago Daily Times, Issue 19995, 12 January 1927, Page 7
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