CARD SHARPERS
TWO AUSTRALIANS CONVICTED
IN LONDON.
(UNITM PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COP»RI«HT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NSW ZBAUNB CAILt ABS9CIATIM.) LONDON, 11th March,
Robert M'Donald (aged 63) and James Ford (aged 23), who had been convicted in Australia, were sentenced at the Old Bailey to two years' imprisonment with hard labaur. It waj3 stated that they lured men to a .luxurious flat in Mayfair, rented by a. Captain Biggai, who was said to be an Australian millionaire.
There the men were fleeced,, often of £200 or £500 nightly, playing banker, though, the united bank balance of the card sharpers was only £10. Biggar, who was .an Australian trooper with an artificial leg, was assisted by his pretty young wife. Biggar was charged with the others, but absconded from bail.
Ford clamed to be an Australian banker with £3000 a year. Detectives stated that Ford recently obtained £1000 from a man "through a confidence trick. Ford and M'Donald were on the verge of collapse when sentenced to hard labour.
CARD SHARPERS
Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 62, 14 March 1921, Page 7
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