THE OLD STORY
NEW ZEALANDER AND "CON" MAN. V A
SYDNEY, 23rd January. James Roberts was committed foi • trial on, the charge of stealing, in the company of two other unknown men, tlls:sterling from Hector Goodwin, of onristehurch, by means of a trick. Goodwin told the usual story of meeting the accused, and the friend's introduction, the three'card'trick, his lending ™to One of accused's friends■ and £100 to another, with a view, to attempting to recoup small losses in previous failures to pick the right card then ! a lengthy, fruitless wait outride an hotel while the..whole of the debtors were a{- i legedly visiting a bank for money to re- '• pay him. • j
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 5
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