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SENTENCED TO HARD LABOUR AT THE OLD BAILEY.
A REMARKABLE STORY. AnstTaliais anil N.Z. Cnblp Association. (Received March 13, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 11. Robert McDonald, aged 53 and James Ford, aged 23, who had been convicted in Australia, were sentenced at the Old Bailey to two years’ hard labour. They lured men to a luxurious flat in Mayfair rented by a Captain Biggar, who was said to be an Australian millionaire. There the men were fleeced, often of £2OO or £3OO nightly, playing banker, though the united bank balance of the card sharpers was only £lO. Biggar, who was an Australian trooper and with an artificial l®g>. was assisted by a pretty young wife. Biggar was charged with the others, but absconded from bail. Ford claimed to be an Australian ranker with £3OOO per year. The detectives after the verdict, stated that Ford recently obtained £IOOO from a man through a confidence trick- Ford and McDonald were on the verge of collapse when, sentenced to hard labour.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10848, 14 March 1921, Page 5
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