A KING'S PRIZE WINNER
CONFESSION OF GUILT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, November 3. Piggott was charged at the Police Court to-day with falsely 'pretending to the secretary of the Rule Association that he had scored 49 paints at tho I,oooyds range in the King's Prize, whereby ho obtained £IOO, with intent to defraud. On being proclaimed the winner and charred Piggott received £IOO, hut afterwards returned tho money to the Association. The arresting constable produced Piggott's written- statement, wherein he confessed that ho did not shoot at 1,000 yards. (A Mondays cable stated that Piggott had told an- interviewer that he liad never made any .such confession.—-FJd ''E.S.') He declared that he wis sitting behind the mound, when an unknown man asked to see his shooting card. Tho man marked in the score in a bold hand, and said it would be all right. Piggott also alleged that he made a bet of £2 to nothing with the man to whom he handed the filled card that he would win the King's Prize. Piggott afterwards wrote to tho secretary of the Association asking him to keep the matter out of the papers for tho sake of tho innocent one 6 at home.
A witness deposed that 1 he met Piggott by arrangement. After Piggott had told him that he won fairly iuid squarely witness agreed to attend the. inquiry and give evidence in support of Piggott's claim that he made tho score.
The case was adjourned for a week to allow defending counsel time to consider what course to adopt.
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Evening Star, Issue 14514, 4 November 1910, Page 6
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260A KING'S PRIZE WINNER Evening Star, Issue 14514, 4 November 1910, Page 6
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