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NEW ZEALANDER’S CUNNING MYTHICAL FORTUNE OFFERED FA TPS TO RISE TO THE BAIT f.l REPORT TO POLICE INSTEAD By Telegraph— Press Assn.—Copyright.-. Rec. 10.35 p.m. London, Feb. 8. Patrick Duggan, aged 38, , an alleged associate with confidence tricksters, claiming to be an Australian, was sentenced at Old Bailey to 18 months’ hard labour for conspiring with Patrick Brennan to steal £6OO from Mr. George Robinson, a visitor from New Zealand, who has now returned. _ Mr. Robinson became acquainted with Brennan aboard the steamer, and subsequently met Duggan. ‘ He sought the police after the two confederates had developed the usual plot involving each man producing £6OO as his bona fldes prior to sharing a mythical fortune.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1933, Page 7
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