THE MASQUERADER
"CAPTAIN" BARKER IN COURT
EVIDENCE OF "WIFE"
Australian Press Association —United Service. • (Received 28tli_ March, noon.) LONDON, 27th March. The woman masquerader, "Captain" Barker, was committed for trial on a charge of perjury and allowed bail. She fainted in the Court when the Magistrate announced tho decision. ■ The Court was crowded with women, the majority in their early twenties. The principal witness was Miss Haward, whom Barker allegedly married. Her appearance deeply affected the defendant, who was convulsed with sobs. Miss Haward swore that sho believed Barker was a mam
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 72, 28 March 1929, Page 9
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92THE MASQUERADER Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 72, 28 March 1929, Page 9
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