SQUANDERED FORTUNE.
„ GAMBLING AND THEFT. ROAD THAT LEADS TO GAOL* LONDON, Sept. 24. When Duncan Brown, aged 71, was sentenced at the London Sessions to three years' penal servitude, for receiving stolen property, a detective gave evidence that accused's correct name was JaHi.es Duncan Roberts. Roberts, it was stated, was an- Australian whose father, a sheepfariser, left between £60,000 and £70,000 to his five sons. Brown owned famous racehorses in Australia, and won important race??, but squandered his fortune in gambling and betting. He then came to England, where he consorted with thieve, and became the leader of a bad gang of receivers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 11
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103SQUANDERED FORTUNE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 11
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