BRITISH NEWS.
A CASHIER'S EXTRAVAGANCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Nov. 29. A curious story of extravagance was told at the Manchester Assizes. Mary Brady Young, cashier of a shipping firm, was charged with having defrauded her employers of £23,000, of which £B3OO was recovered. She lived for\a brief period like a millionairess, wearing expensive fnrs, entertaining troops of friends and gambling heavily. Her personal display aroused the firm's suspicions and led* to her detection. Brady admitted defrauding her employers of £IO,OOO and was sentenced to a year's imprisonment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1919, Page 5
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