EXTRAVAGANCE EXTRAORDINARY.
YOUNG WOMAN'S REMARKABLE BEHAVIOUR.
LONDON, Dec. 2
A curious story of extravagance was told at the Manchester Assizes, when Mary Brady, a young cashier in a shipping firm, was charged with defrauding her employers of £20,000 sterling of which £3300 has been recovered. She lived a brief career like a millionairess, wearing expensive furs, entertaining troops of friends, and gambling heavily. Her personal display aroused the firm s suspicions, and led to her detection Brady admitted defrauding her'employers of £10,000 and was sentenced to one year.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17733, 5 December 1919, Page 9
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88EXTRAVAGANCE EXTRAORDINARY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17733, 5 December 1919, Page 9
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