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				<div style="font-family:serif;"><i>Old Bailey Proceedings Online</i> (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 04 October 2023), February 1909, trial of                                                                                                                               BURGESS, Thomas (33, licensed victualler)                                                                                                                              BURGESS, Ernest (25, licensed victualler) (t19090202-33).<hr/><h2>THOMAS BURGESS, ERNEST BURGESS, Deception &gt; perjury, 2nd February 1909. </h2>                                                                           <p>                                                                                                                                                BURGESS, Thomas (33, licensed victualler), and                                                                                                                               BURGESS, Ernest (25, licensed victualler),                                           pleaded guilty                                                             of conspiring and agreeing with others to cheat and defraud                                                                                                 Lewis Jamieson of one motor-car; and of conspiring and agreeing with                                                                                                 Edward Adcock to obtain by false pretences from                                                                                                 John Robert Daike, the                         Wear Well Cycle Company, and others, certain horses, bicycles and other articles, with intent to defraud.               </p>               <p>Sentence: Thomas,                                           12 months'; Ernest,                                           9 months' imprisonment, second division.</p>               <p>                  <span style="font-size: 80%;">BEFORE THE</span>                   COMMON SERJEANT.</p>               <p>(Friday, February 5.)</p>            </div>
				
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