MILK CART HORSE
SOLD AS CHAMPION FILLY. A NEW ZEALANDER DUPED. (Rec. 10.40 p.m.) Melbourne, December 1. In the Criminal Court Percy William Davidson was found guilty of obtaining £9O from Lionel Percy Ford, of Hikurangi, New Zealand, with intent to defraud. The prosecution alleged that Davidson contracted to sell a thoroughbred three-year-old trotting filly sired by the fastest pacer ever imported to Australia to Ford for £BO. The latter cabled the money and received in return for it a twenty-two-year-old milk cart horse valued p,t £2 10/-. Davidson stated from the dock that he advertised a filly for sale. He knew where he could buy her, but when he made the bargain with Ford he was unable to obtain her and purchased the other horse in the sale ring. The horse showed great speed when tried and he shipped it to New Zealand. Davidson then wrote to Ford stating that he would refund the money if Ford was not satisfied. Davidson was remanded for sentence and admitted a conviction for forgery in New Zealand.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20042, 2 December 1926, Page 7
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177MILK CART HORSE Southland Times, Issue 20042, 2 December 1926, Page 7
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