SYDNEY AFFAIR
ALLEGED CONFIDENCE TRICK. USUAL STORY TOLD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received January 23, 8 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 23. James Roberts was committed for trial on the charge of stealing, in the company of two other unknown men, £lls sterling from Hector Goodwin, of Christchurch, by means of a trick. Goodwin told the usual story of meeting the accused and the friend’s introduction, the three card trick, his lending £ls to one of accused’s friends, and £IOO to another, with a view to attempting to recoup small losses in previous failures to pick tlje right card, then a lengthy, fruitless wait outside an hotel while the whole of the debtors were allegedly visiting a bank for money to repay him.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11735, 24 January 1924, Page 5
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