A history of advertising from the earliest times : illustrated by anecdotes, curious specimens and biographical notes . sell, when Mr Shewell happened to comeinto the same box, and hearing the office-keepers offer,asked to look at the ticket, as he recollected buying one ofthe same number a day or two before. This very fortunatelyled to the discovery of the fraud, and the two Jews werecommitted to take their trial. The number was so artfullyaltered from 23,590 that not the least erasure could bediscerned. Arones was but just come to England, andNoah was said to be a man of property. In the Feb
A history of advertising from the earliest times : illustrated by anecdotes, curious specimens and biographical notes . sell, when Mr Shewell happened to comeinto the same box, and hearing the office-keepers offer,asked to look at the ticket, as he recollected buying one ofthe same number a day or two before. This very fortunatelyled to the discovery of the fraud, and the two Jews werecommitted to take their trial. The number was so artfullyaltered from 23,590 that not the least erasure could bediscerned. Arones was but just come to England, andNoah was said to be a man of property. In the Februarythe two were tried at the Old Bailey for forgery and defence was that Arones found the ticket, and per-sons were produced to swear to the fact, which theydid positively and circumstantially, that the prisonerswere discharged. At the same sessions Daniel Denny wastried for forging, counterfeiting, and altering a lotteryticket with intent to defraud ; and being found guilty, wascondemned. In later days the small cards given on race-courses—and a few years back in the streets—by turf book- If U R. slil::^la>^
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