A CONSCIENTIOUS ROGUE.
COINER USES FAIRLY PURE SILVER. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT) PARIS, Dec. IS. A coiner named Passaret passed 5350 counterfeit five-franc pieces at a profit of only £560 sterling, having used purer silver than the genuine coins. He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, with the benefit of the First Offenders’ Act.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3710, 20 December 1912, Page 9
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53A CONSCIENTIOUS ROGUE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3710, 20 December 1912, Page 9
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