JOCKEY IMPERSONATED
FALSE PRETENCES CASE. ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY. [Per Press Association. — Copyright .] WELLINGTON, This Day. In the Supreme Court today, Marcus Jackson was charged on 12 counts with obtaining from George Diack sums totalling £2lO by falsely representing that he was Tommy Green, a well-known jockey, that he was commencing business as a trainer, and that he required money from Diack for the purchase for him of two racehorses and for their maintenance. The defence contended that the story was an incredible flight of imagination.
After a. retirement of 25 minutes the jury found accused guilty on all counts except two, which were alternative charges. He was remanded for sentence.
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Northern Advocate, 26 October 1935, Page 10
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110JOCKEY IMPERSONATED Northern Advocate, 26 October 1935, Page 10
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