A Simpleton.
AND SOME “ BRONCO STEERERS.” Per United Press- Association. WELLINGTON, Feb. 18. At the Police Court to-day Thomas Wallace, alias Williams, and John Baxter wore charged with conspiring with two 'other men to defraud James Chapman. The story told for the prosecution unfolded a variation of the confidence trick. Chapman, who arrived a week or tup ago ffohl England, was the possessor bf £SO. life met the twn defendants and others at an hotel where thfet-o wfcle the usual discussions about rich Ceylon tea planters, big legacies and honest ulen. Certain games were suggested and played ; money was produced, and cheques were signed in a more or less reckless way, the upshot being that, at the end of it nil, Chapman was without his money and had also lost £4O of his brother’s funds.
The hearing of the case had not concluded when the court rose for the day.
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Southland Times, Issue 10967, 19 February 1907, Page 2
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150A Simpleton. Southland Times, Issue 10967, 19 February 1907, Page 2
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