THE PEEL FRAUDS.
HUSBAND SENT TO GAOL. ACQUITTAL OF WIFE. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDOX, March 14Mrs. Peel, wife of Captain Peel, who pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to defraud bookmakers by means of mistimed telegrams, was acquitted of similar charges. Mr. Justice Darling upheld the doctrine that when a woman committed a crime like this in the physical presence of her husband the law prescribed thai she acted under his coercion. The prosecution stated that Mtr. Peel, the daughter of Sir Robert Jardine, a well-known racehorse owner, had an income of £7,000 a year, and allowed her husband £200 a month. Counsel incidentally drew attention to a mysterious £200 paid into the bank account of Dow, a stock broker, who gave evidence in favour of the accused regarding a conversation over the telephone at the preliminary hearing of the case. Captain Peel was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.—(A. and X.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1922, Page 5
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