A PAIR OF SWINDLERS
(PER PRESS.ASSOCIATION..') i , ; A TTG KL A ND,' June ;8 | John Pnrcell arid James Mills j Were arrested yesternight on a charge of obtaining £l2 from a publican named Evans by false pretences. They represented that they belonged to a schooner, and had smuggled whifiky_and rum for sale. This is not the first time Purcell has victimised upfulmcans*; byl fictitious sales of liquor. A publican at Parnell bought '' ;a « ; cask ' ’;pf^ J yvlnsfcy : • ’from ■Purcell, •a: ■ bhort 5 5 time i * : agb; ! the, said * 'con tain mg but water,! Another, publican at K iN^w J ton purchased ~ a j;;;<quantity r, ; , !; of brandy and rum from him, the casks being filled with water from Freeman's* Bay, and wheeled up to Newman, the publican. The victims felt so humiliated that they never acquainted the police. ; Later, i - :, ?4 James.!, Mills .; aud ? Richard "charged with obtaining money on false pretences by selling casks of water for whiskey, Were remanded till the 15th hast., and bail was refused. ,
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1045, 11 June 1883, Page 3
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168A PAIR OF SWINDLERS Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1045, 11 June 1883, Page 3
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