The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-20 00:00:00

SHASTEBBI77tY.
FRAUD O.Y LORD WOLVERTON.

At the Bo w-etreet Police-court on rbureder, 'journalist,
named Hadley Jones, aged 31, wee charged with endeavour-
ing to procure charitable contributions by false and
fraudulent pretence& —llr. Genres Latvia of Ely-plate,
prosecuted on feu& e Lard Wolverton.—Prisoner wee
described aa • Journalist, and be had been a reporter in the
House of Commons, sad was evidently • man of education.
It appeared, how,.ser, that he had unfortunately fall ,n
into bad habits', and had practised the frauds with which
he was now charnel. In May he wrote • lett tr to the
prosecutor representing himself as Mr. William Rignold,
the actor, and asking for the gal, in consequence of
pecuniary emberrassusente connected with his appearances
it Drury-Lane Theatrs. He wrote a second letter in July
excusing himself from replying to a letter of Lord
Wolverton on the ground that hie (prisoner's) wife had
been dangerously ill, and th‘t one of th-ir children had
died. This statement wog fake. but Lord Wolverton
forwarded a cheque for .4120. Ultimately the letters were
placed in the hands of the authoritiee at Sootlana•yrard,
and inquiries were instituted which resulted in its being
discovered that the prisoner had written similar letters
to the Duke of Portland and Esrl Spencer in the name
of Mr. William Rignoid. A warrant was obtained for the
Prisoner's armlet. It was quite clear from documents found
in the prisoner's possesaion that be had been carrying on
the same system of fraud in hia own name He bad
received 4:3 from the Right Hon. W. K. Forater, a cheque
from Lord Salisburr,S3 from Lord Carlingford, from
Lord Cairns, and • note asking bin, to attend the Mansion
Roan wee found on him, written by the Lord Mayor.
He had also written to Lard Wolverton in his own name
wring for money.—lividence of arrest having beta given,
the prisoner was remanded.

BiLID-POZT.
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ConrrY POLIO; Thursday.—Before J. M. P. Mon.
twoe, Elm., and W. Colfax, &q.-. That interesting
lady, Mrs. Lester, an well known in the town and
district for repairs to tunbrellas, and an unfortunate
propensity to indulge in intoxicants, presented a
wretched appearance before the County Bench,
charged with drunkenness and disorder. Mrs Lester,
removing her handkerchief from her eyes, hat nothing
to say in mitigation with the exception of a wish that
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I the bench would "cure her head.' P.C. Bryant said
he found prisoner on the previous evening on the
Burton Bradstock road does under tbe hedge,
helplessly intoxicated. Re addressed her, but was
greeted with a torrent of dusting language. As
she could not walk, he placed her upon a passing
vehicle, and took her to the station, and she used haa
language all the war. Mr. Montagu remarked that
she was an Incorrigible drunkard, and it was the duty
of the bench to give her 21 dar, with labour such
as she was fitted for. Mrs. Ismtm received the
Intelligence with • hoarse groam—There was no
appearance of • youth, George Bartlett, fisherman, of
gipS, who was summoned that morning M the com-
plaint of his father, Joseph Bartlett, for threatening
to cleave his skull.--The fath•r sought that he might
find sureties of the peace—The case was adjourned for the appearance of the am, a warrant being issued for his apprehension. On the following morning the
son appeared In custody, before the same magiatrittes,
and In answer to the charge pleaded guilty. without

any statement in mitigation.—The father asked that
the tam might simply be bound over, and not sent to
prison, as he had expressed his sorrow for what he
ssid.—The Chairman told prisoner that It was a most
grave offence, and he might have been imprisoned had
he not been ptnitent. He would have to be bound
over in his own recognisance of £2O, and two sureties
of EIO each to keep the peace for six montha.—David
Forsey, of Eype, and James Bile became bondsmen
far prisoner, who was then dismissed after paying
expenses.