DUKE SENTENCED
GUILTY OF FALSE PRETENCES.
FAMILY HEIRLOOM® PAWNED.
NINE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
ACCUSED BOWS TO JUDGE
Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 10. The Duke of Manchester was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment on two charges of false pretences. The prosecution alleged that the Duke obtained from Thomas Sutton, a wealthy pawnbroker and jeweller in London, and from W, Lawton, his manager, both deceased, sums of £4OO and £250 by pawning jewellery, falsely representing that it belonger to him. The jewellery consisted of heirlooms left by his mother on trust, by which it could be lent to the Duke's first and second wives.
Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett (for the defence) declared that Sutton's executors initiated the prosecution two years after the pawning.
The Duke of Manchester gave evidence denying intention to defraud. He declared that he was prepared now to redeem the jewels and pay interest. The Duke bowed to the Judge when sentenced, betraying no emotion.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 178, 11 May 1935, Page 5
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