CHARGE OF FRAUD.
AGAINST.AUSTRALIAN WOMAN.
LONDON, 1 October 13. The trial of Mrs, Raphael has com- ; A menced at the Old .Bailey. Evidence '-" was given that' ; her. husband .paid, her .;/; £1000. sTearly5 Tearly under *,the marriage set-,'??; tlement, and •]she jh'ad'also.. rjßqeiyedv^ 1 £8000 from her., fattier: since N,her ■ mar- . riage in 1913/." :'./' 'f '' ,;.; "■ "" - Counsel for the. defence alleged that Walter Raphael was J; paying for* the \. prosecution of his own'- daughter-in-law. , ' [An earlier cablegram, /received on August 12, stated thatyMrs Marjorie Augusta Raphael, well-known in Australia, had been committed for trial at the Marlboroguh Street Court for alleged fraud and false presences, by obtaining credit from a leading hotel, and also obtaining £SUO worth-of jewellery and, using it to pay her debts with ~a.. drapory; ( firm. The evidence snowed Mj that accused was locked out of her^^ hotel. The. husband filed a petitioning bankruptcy in Mairch.] " ' ' \
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8270, 15 October 1915, Page 4
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