"FAKE" JEWELS.
BAYONNE BANK SCANDAL. , PARIS, January 25. Before Henri Cohen, the expert valuer of jewellery at the Bayonne Municipal Bank, with which the initial Stavisky scandal was concerned, was arrested, 53 boxes alleged to contain jewels against which advances had been made were opened at the bank. A magistrate decided that it was useless to continue the examination as the contents mostly were paste. One box, the contents of which, according to the label was valued at £7500. and on which £6250 had been advanced, proved to be worth only £28.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 7
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92"FAKE" JEWELS. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 7
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