DUPLICATED SECURITIES
A BUILDER'S FRAUDS.
LAWYERS AND BANKERS - VICTIMISED. - •
By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. London, February 21. George Franklin, a Southampton builder, committed suicide in the Holborn public baths on Tuesday, and since his death frauds totalling £100,000 have been discovered. Nearly every solicitor and bank in Southampton was - victimised. One bank lost £16,000. Franklin sometimes raised * money nine times upon the same land by means of bogus leases. He lost the proceeds of his frauds in speculation. . Two or three, solicitors, who discovered that they held duplicate deeds, called a general meeting, at which over 50 Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire solicitors attended. They had all been similarly tricked. Franklin was highly respected, and was a justice of the peace, (Received February 22, 10 p.m.) London, February 22. One of Franklin's victims, a solicitor, suffered to the extent of £20,000, while several others have lost, sums of £10,000 and upwards.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 7
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