"MANUFACTURE" OF DIAMONDS.
LEMOINE SENTENCED. Received February 3, 8.15 a.m. LONDON, February 2. Lemoine, the "diamond manufacturer," was s°ntenced, in default, to ten years' imprisonment, for frauu on Sir Julius Wernher, who was awarded £4OO damages.
Lemoine, a French engineer, was charged with obtaining a large sum of money from Sir Julius Wernher, of Wernher, Beit and Co., on the faith of an allegation that he could manufacture diamonds. Lemoine was given a chance to prove whether there was anything in his process, but he absconded.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3107, 4 February 1909, Page 5
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86"MANUFACTURE" OF DIAMONDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3107, 4 February 1909, Page 5
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