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DUPE'S LOSS TO TRICKSTERS. ' (By Electric Cabii.—Copyright.) Aust and N.Z- Cable Association London, May 17. Charles Lawson, aged 45, described as a farmer, has been charged with obtaining £25,000 from David K. Hall by means of trickery. Hall met MacAnnally, another member of the gang, who claimed to bo a Wcsl Australian squatter. During a voyage from Australia in May, 1919. Hall was induced to go to Alfred Dean's flat, where he lost £8704 to Lawson and Dean in 20 minutes, without any idea that anything was wrong. Later he lost more money in a betting deal. Hall gave evidence that ho deall in cattle and horses in Australia and New Zealand. He came to England to buy cattle for tho New Zealand Government. MacAnnally, Doan and Dudley have alreadv been sentenced to five years.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4593, 19 May 1922, Page 4
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