THE DIAMOND MANUFACTURER
» LEMOINE SENTENCED. By T*!ecrtDh.~-Pre«B Association. — Copyright (Received February 3, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, 2nd February. Lemoine, the "diamond manufacturer," was sentenced, in default, to ten years' imprisonment, for fraud on Sir Julius Wernher, who Avas aAvarded £400 damages. Lemoine, a French engineer, was charged Avith 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 Avas given a chance to prove Avhether there Avas anything in his process, but he absconded.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1909, Page 7
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90THE DIAMOND MANUFACTURER Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1909, Page 7
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