FRAUD ALLEGED
A SWEEPSTAKE PRIZE (PRESS ASSOCIATIOB TELIUEAIU WELLINGTON, August 28. "Congratulations, Irish sweep," V** ; a cable message which George Pouj 1 Zackey, salesman, aged 46, is alleg to have told his landlord he had re*, ceived from Ireland. The said he was given to understand "*v Zackey had drawn the third prize » . £IO,OOO, and on the strength of he lent Zackey various sums of money totalling £95. The sequel was Wf appearance in the Wellington Magi trate's Court to-day of Zackey, wW> was charged with obtaining mon . from David Lynn Thompson, W falsely representing that he was t holder of a winning ticket m a sweep stake. Accused pleaded not guu -» and was committed to the Supre Court for trial.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21256, 30 August 1934, Page 4
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