GAMBLE IN FRANCS
WELLINGTON MAN DEFRAUDED TWO MEN ARRESTED IN ENGLAND CONSPIRACY ALLEGED " i" Rv Telegraph,—Press Assn .—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 11, 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 10. Francis Breorley and James Mason were remanded on a charge of stealing and receiving between £IO,OOO and £16,000 from a Wellington architect, James Hector McKay. There is also a charge of conspiracy with a man not vet arrested to defraud McKay of '£15,000. It is alleged that defendants unfolded a scheme under which McKay handed over the money, ostensibly to secure a share of £33,000, profits from a gamble in francs by the gang. Brearley bolted, but Mason remained in London till he was nr rested.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12652, 12 January 1927, Page 7
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