SILK CO. FRAUDS
LONG TRIAL ENDED [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] EDINBURGH, April 11. The “Silks” conspiracy case has ended, after thirty-three days, the longest criminal trial in Scottish history. Of the seven defendants, who were ultimately placed in the dock, Alexander Young of Wigan, was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude. George M. Todd (Glasgow), to six months’. The remaining five were found not guilty, or not proven. The charges included defrauding 'the public of £439,000 by a false prospectus.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 April 1932, Page 5
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81SILK CO. FRAUDS Greymouth Evening Star, 12 April 1932, Page 5
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