BOTTOMLEY'S COMMITTAL.
HUGE FRAUDS ALLEGED. A RHETORICAL APPEAL. (Received ;2.::o p.m.* IjONIXJN. April SO.
Mr. Horatio Bottomley, M.P., hae been committed for trial on charges of fraudulently couvcTVinft- lo his own u«e £215.410. II? was admitted to bail in «nretio s totalling £10,000. Hottomley in a lengthy statement declared that the prosecutor had exploited a mare's ne.«t. mainly because he clioee
-,o keep alive the account originally opened in the-name of the Victory Bond Club. He concluded rhetorically that, n new awakeninp during tho T.iafjerly or Armageddon, he consecrated himself' to tlie service, of his country and became the Kings chief recruiting agent. Tie «tood by the boys in the trnches. It. -vas inconceivable that a jury should convict him of robbing them and their families. "If I did,' , he concluded. 'm»y the torture* of the damned be visited on my uoiil when 7 eroio the barrier." — (Renter.)
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19220501.2.51
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 101, 1 May 1922, Page 5
Word Count
148BOTTOMLEY'S COMMITTAL. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 101, 1 May 1922, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in