LOSSES AT CARDS.
A THOUSAND A MINUTE. CHAEGE OP FRAUD FAILS. LONDON. May 23. ] Charged on a year-old •warrant with < 1 conspiracy to obtain between £25,000 ] and £50,000 from David Hall, Charles : Lawson, aged 45, described as a farmer, < was discharged by the magistrate at ' Marylebone Police Court. Lawson lived at the Bits in Paris, and it was alleged' that he was connected with three Australians, McNaUy, Dean and Dudley, who have already been sentenced to penal servitude on, the charge of intent to defraud HalL ■ The alleged fraud followed on a card game at Dudley's flat, when it was said, Lawson won £12,000 in 12 minutes. Hall . paid £5000 by .cheque on account, and • later on, learning that Dean . bad paid i part of the balance, paid Dean the i amount. % • Counsel for the defence submitted that ■ no case had been made out, and quoted , from the evidence of an Eastbourne I gentleman, who was also alleged to have ; been defrsaded, yet he was satisfied that i everything connected with the game of cards was fair and squara, and was com- - pelled to testify only because of poKce i pressure. b ■ ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18116, 14 June 1922, Page 7
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