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James Evans: Flim-Flam Man Charged in Deming

He was also charged with swindling Deming merchants ^[1]. However, he was later acquitted of the swindling charge ^[1].

Sources

Court Notes (1891)
Court Notes Territory vs. Frank Whitney and James Evans. Charged with swindling. Found guilty upon trial. These are the men who worked the “change” racket on two or three Deming mer- chants.

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