A Romance of Roguery and the Bunce Alias
George Bunce alias Charles Cooper aged 20 apprenticed swindles through fake military roles. He posed as a recruiting sergeant and bogus officer, earning eighteen months’ hard labour at the Middlesex Sessions. Then a fake South Africa War commission led to further exploits before police intervention.
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