Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-01-12
Famous Trials
COL. CHARTERS

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COL. CHARTERS
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tor CHARTERS mead reserve the hanging
WaH?
NO cunt the reader imagined that
TINS Charter was some comtenasorary
fellow OF low character whose name was
then a hyWord and proVern for roguery
ana EHI2nE- IN Iool-lf te II mas peea
tApialheo by IT. orolE tHal he WAS an
infamous proHlgate' who, after long
me ana seahoa Gus lmpuhHF' was d.
length hanged by den'' 1Stce.
~" me- = 10 tou?C az ~ u
tne u ,' - e@i',5nd IONS 3trlectly
Ct,,o.4o - a. ~ - ''' u
'i9 PSI s'2fi'Els "aS q uhcisIt ocol-
l.9H lineage anu I'Ned III lAe somewhat
I-eell louS Gays ot C.'aries H. AS
SouHl ne was OF eaSlas couhle.ia nee,
| anu 70 ~ 70 we u9ua' pursuit OF lh7
young men OIL tntt time the army. AS
| solule ial-uIe' +oF ne s-rNeu WIN great
uis s, unoer the Duke OF MaFlooF-
i o"sH 80 MAJ ne 81 II WAS advanced 10
cOihe cH IN regiment OIL Dragons
where ne specify became general IA
NorIte.
ne TOOK 10 c2foS. but, c n IA 7
many young men II the time Nho met
lhelr END by losing at these ga mes, like
! l'lea> " lto naNe ue7h tIea 'eu III lntse
S.'ies, Cnarlers was soon I2nnd TO be
-" SN7lt SdInt7lei; A'5='ol 'i-s9iF' Whlie
ne @llnS was ~ Tue WINTER qu7ler5 n
,.e Low Nou.l.IlSS' ne StFlP' ei many o.
- oi me "It! ers " l.i+f properly ana
lileIr expectations oJ ms s<Hl a CARDS
anu olce' FROM THIS time ms popular
/ ed rrso+ioo1,- IN 49, -, a. ~, -
i~,o,+ h,,t Iar+ - ~ 80 ~. -,
-f7o-o+io,, - ,no ''--'''' VI
igI-S. vas orcr2sht to rhe
lolF5e OF me f'arl OF orkney Who anx-
lo'9 loi credit OF the army IN gen
eral' ana f-r mat OF ms own country
"IeH III -aTllcu ~ eNpiahed the state
! Oh the case = M3rlporough VINO issued
ofdefs thet CHafters should 1e ent under
! arrest ana pfought IN que course to an
SWer TOT ms mlsaolhgs berore curt
| marital In TACT, 1t was made clear that
| Inc Young lalrd from Hadaingtonshire
/ had learned 10 play MS oards even lit
Tie too well,
IN the young 6f1cer's first trial the
! couIt was coh19'.sed OF an equal hun7nef
| OF 0co'''sh ana bngllsh ei1cers. IN order
| 10 place the whole proceedings above
poard HE evidence produced must have
been decisive for the sentence was pass
| ed upon MIN OF being guilty OF conduct
| uhbecofnlng an offlcer ana a gentleman
! ana ne was to be deprived of his COM
| mission and dru1nmed out of the regi-
ment his sword having first been bro}-
| en- Further. he was ordered to return
T. all his victims the money of which
he had robbed them by his sharpfng and
ilioiieS Ie'iolHg s1heiile'
Thus disgraced, Charters did not lose
his head with his commission for he wen
boldly home to his native pace and set
tied down at Amisfedd. AS word CT
mouth was the only communication o.
the gay he explained tnat he was home
for the good of his health ana being O.
GOOD family with estate and a widowel
t boot, he soon became favorite o
the unmarried LADIES OF Edenborongh
both maids and widows some OF whom
ne oegah 10 Wneedle out OF thelr money
under the stale Preeense OF Vls!1ihg 'he,'
| IN lhe capac1ty OF su1tor. II IS sal'
mat whlle paying WIN me Dncness
queen hurY' ne . placec her IN front
the mirror that he saw all her caros an
won over $lo'oeo IN one night. HapplE
this work was not destined 10 go on Tor
ever, and the accomplished VlHaln trle
ms pracnsed mana once 100 "ften on ap
| pafently hepiess ana 1rlenoiess 1ernaieS
In ltzS' having grle"emsly lnsuIted an
assaulted young person named Ann
j., Boyd whom ne mad engaged as ser
want IN his house the poor girl mad IN
courage to summon him before the mag
lstrates, Who hnding the case NOR
serious tnan they haa at mrs. 1hougn
/ committed MN 10 prison 10 SIana IriS