DEFRAUDED GRANDFATHER
_ .--&, —. IMPRISONMENT FOR GRANDSONS. LONDON, Jan. 28. Williams was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour and Geoffrey Arden to six months' imprisonment. Thomas Williams and Geoffrey and Charles Arden were charged with conspiracy to defraud Douglas Arden of moneys and securities. Prosecuting counsel told an extraordinary story. He said the accused Ardens, aided by Williams, kidnapped their grandfather, aged 81 years, in a London street, and drove him in a taxi-cab to the Gloucester Gate, where he put his signature to 11 bills for £SOOO each.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16712, 30 January 1926, Page 5
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87DEFRAUDED GRANDFATHER Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16712, 30 January 1926, Page 5
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