AN IMPOSTER.
STORY OF SUFFERING A MYTH. 4) CAUI.r PKESH ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT LONDON, Sept. 12. The Irishman. O’Malley, yvho yvaiidered into the Brighton police station yvith a harrowing story of his sufferings in the battle of Jutland, yvas a.u imposter. On the strength of tho story he told the court, the magistrate dismissed the charge of drunkenness against him and paid his fare to' London yvhere, on arrival, raihvaymen tenderly helped him out and placed him in a. chair and wheeled him through the barrier. When among the crowd lie vanished and could not be traced. The Portsmouth pal ice reveal that O ’Malley yvas previously convicted for begging and drunkenness. He related false stories of his amazing exploits in the army.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 September 1927, Page 5
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122AN IMPOSTER. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 September 1927, Page 5
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