The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-16
"Vl" LORD NEYILL


..,,,rtsi TO Five henrs 'enN' ''
r',,r AdJuig.d Guilty OF Gross Fraud.
n.. VA, ofEngil.h Mobility. 49,
,oypoN, Feb. lt.-ln the central
]..~ira, eout. to-day Lord William
S,,ll. fourth son OF the MARQUIS Of
',g,yenpy, who was placed on trial.
rcd with fraud IN connection with
,,lt OF "sam" Lewis, the money
VIZ against Lieut.. Spencer Clay. 10
%n.Sy,r cil,iis due on two prom!ssory
y, c,shtd by Lord Sovill, pleaded
wv, NJ fraud. but claimed he was not
tvss,yS n forgery. IIe was sentenced 10
rum ysHry penal servltiidc.
W. r,lsbratc6 case has ever before
a.st such a fashionable crowd TO the
anna, Drougham's blocked the
U.s,o1chts and ladies' In their omartest
.,aIrskt Oyerfowcd the Jury box n bar
I,v,tTs' seats. Lady Noriu was present.
~. ntisoErr was evidently III at case.
h answered 10 the indictment In
et ,I,sy the ru,,cr caused by his Plead
r,,l;y OF fraud had subsidized, the
i,',6rSr vas allowed TO take u seat In
ss Saek. as he Is recovering from q Sc
,aS iNress. ~.
.,.nmytarccs OF the fraud as already
s.oru' ard ut the conclusion OF his re-
AAS,,ps he minated that he would ac-
=, thp prisoners plea ~ satisfactory
~ ,br requirements OF justice.
VT lawson Walton In e~StenGat!on
,olr,,t out that Lord Nevill mad yolun-
KIN come forward 10 face the conse-
."snrc Of his deception, and had fully
ssrtssysd The prisoner, counsel add
ID, was Ia great financial di'lcultics
and had not realized that he was CONF
whiting a breach OF the criminal law.
The prisoner, Mr.. Walton further said.
rsytr intended that Lieut.. Clay should
.srer. He believed that the securities
rould remain In the hands OF Mr.. Sam"
IeW!s until he secured money else
where,
Nr. wnfIpn's effort ut excavation
was appMudcG by the spectators.
PROSECUTOR Matthews again o and
siyprtlng 20 the statement regarding
lord Ntvlli's Illness, which has been as
trrIhed IN 0ycr-lndulgenCo In morphine,
prevented the prisoner from making an
arrangement with Mr.. Lewis In regard
10 thu Eo,cz. and thus Obvlatlng the
r-.stEt prosecution. he said that Lord
S,;NTs other liabilities TO Mr.. Lewis
amounted 20 $4,000 when the notes
were signed
Here MIR. Walton iHterposed, remark-
lpr: Il believe the whole 10000 has
been paid"
Judge Lawrence summed up sternly,
| bu; With a voice which shook and at
times almost broke with emotion. The
Judge said:
"In my opinion the crime is as great
as II he had distracted the sum from
Lieut.. Gays pocket, or had burglarized
NJ, IeWls' office and had stolen It. II
4 had been some wretched clerk with
seven children who had incurred a
heavy loss and had helped himself at
his masters TIL. I am afraid there
would have been no ore to speak in ex-,
;trua,ton: but the higher position the
person holds, the higher his responsible
ties.
II am sorry 20 say l have looked In
yaln for ex%tenuating circumstances. It
I: as bad a case % fraud as ills possible
10 conceive. You have brought shame
and iishonor upon an ancient and noble
family and sorrow and suffering upon
your rrarest and dearest Your crime
Is g;sa; ard your sentence must be Sc.
we're. II Is that you be Kept in penal
servitute for five years"
The prisoner was hurried oft New
gate prison, where he was allowed to
have an Interview with his wife and
| another lady. After the interviews
Lord Nevill was removed to Wormwood
4. Scrghbs prison.
The prisoners face did not evince
!! much surprise at the severity Of his
sentence. but his ursteady,gai on leav-
Ing the prisoners dock showed that he
tai been hard hit.
The sentence caused a great sensation
among those present in court, and many
q the ladies there broke out into Sob
b!ag.