GUILTY OF BLACKMAIL.
ATTACK ON POLITICAL MAN. SENTENCE AT OLD BAILEY. (Received May 3, 8.35 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sua. LONDON. May 2. The man Israel Melcher, who was charged with attempting to blackmail Harold Rubin, a wealthy pearl dealer and the prospective Conservative candidate for Wednesbury, pleaded guilty and waa sentenced to imprisonment for nine months. Melcher was recommended to mercy by Mr. Rubin. The defence acknowledged Mr. Rabin's magnanimity, and counsel 'laid stress on the fact that his honour and character were never assailed by MeWietv
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19627, 4 May 1927, Page 11
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