CONFIDENCE TRICKSTERS.
NEW CHUM TAKEN DOWN.
Per Tress Association.
a. „ Wsuj ' f < s xos l February 18. A the Polico Court to-day, Thomas Wallace, alios Williams, and John Baxter were churned with conspiring with two other men to defraud Jas. Chapman. The story told for the prosecution unfolded a variation of the confidence trick, Chapman, who ar. rived a week or two ago from England was possessed of itfo Ho met the two defendants and others at an hotel where there were tho usual discussions' about rich Ceylou tea planters, big legacies and honest mon. Certain fames were suggested and played. Money was produced and oheques signed i-a a more or less reckless way, the upshot being at tho end Chapman was without his money, and had also lost 4MO of his brother's funds, The hearing had not concluded when the Court rose for the day.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 19 February 1907, Page 2
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146CONFIDENCE TRICKSTERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 19 February 1907, Page 2
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