Counterfeit coins
On 28 June 1910, two Chinese men, George Moy and Fred Lipback, were tried at the Brisbane District Court for uttering counterfeit coin. After hearing the Prosecution’s case, the Judge declared that the evidence against Moy was extremely suspicious, but not such on which a jury should be asked to convict. They were directed to find him not guilty. Lipback, however, was convicted. At the sentencing hearing, the Crown Prosecutor, urging a harsh penalty, declared that the police had reliable information that the coins were being manufactured in Japan then sent to a Chinese firm in Melbourne for distribution. Lipback was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, suspended under the First Offender’s Act.
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