AN ABSCONDING BROKER.
BEVAN STANDS HIS TRIAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, November 2*o. Bevan pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with the failure of the City Equitable Infiur|vn’ce Company. Sir Ernest Pollock, late Solicitor-Gen-eral, in his opening speech for the Crown occupied four hours and concluded by tusking the jury to contrast real figures of the balance-sheets with the. faked ones, and, if hw facts proved that he was right in saying that this master mind, thia powerful personality, had misused his opportunity for a sinister purpose, it would be the jury’s duty to return a verdict of guilty.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1922, Page 2
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100AN ABSCONDING BROKER. Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1922, Page 2
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