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!i¥iv.,o A.,i.i ;..;,i.]..) CmtiMriinicii, .Inuuary 0. Oeorgo Mumrord, lato ciiplaiu of tho Ariadne, was charged at thn Magistrate's Com', this moiTii.ig with lUtemptiug to bribo .". Crown Witness, Annio Downing, iv induct! her not to give against him.
Mrs Downing was barmaid at a Sydney hotel, where she heard a conversation between Kerry and Muinford, in the course oE which Kerry offered £'100 if Muraibrd noukl wreck rite yacht, and Mumford agreed. On tho 4th inst. Mumford mot Downing by appointment at the Criterion Hotel anil there offered" her a sum of money if she would disclaim her previous evidence and go over to their *v]<!. Detectives Marsark and Goulder wore secreted in v room at the tune and overheard the conversation. Mumford discovered them and was then arrested upon a charge of tampering with a witness.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7190, 7 January 1902, Page 3
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137Unknown Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7190, 7 January 1902, Page 3
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