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THREE SYDNEY WOMEN LEFT LAMENTING MAN FACES FRAUD CHARGE Reed. 9.5 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. A case before the Paddington Police Court is creating interest in racing circles. Three women, Margaret Sumnierbell, Marion Moody and Elvira Peterson are complainants against Frank Bennett, aged 46, and Len. Houston, aged 24, both of whom are charged with conspiring to defraud the women named of large sums of money. The women’s story is they entrusted sums totalling £SOO for investment to Bennett and Houston, who from time to time declared that they had “sure things" at the races—that, in fact, they had the fields “tied.” The women were informed on a number of occasions that they had won, ana were persuaded to leave their winnings with the defendants, who eventually told the women their total winnings amounted to about £22,00. The defendants were finally pressed to hand over the supposed winnings but they disappeared. The case has been adjourned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 761, 6 September 1929, Page 9
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159LOST ON "SURE THINGS" Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 761, 6 September 1929, Page 9
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