BOXER ACQUITTED
Charge Against Firpo BUENOS AIRES, March 12. Luis Firpo, former contender for the heavyweight boxing title, was acquitted by the Court to-day on a longpending charge concerning a fraudulent real estate transaction. After the indictment the boxer fled to Uruguay, where ho grew a dense, beard for disguise, and remained in hiding for several months. Tiring of exile he returned to face the charge and won vindication.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 79, 14 March 1936, Page 3
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