BARONET'S WIFE.
Charge of Passing Worthless Cheques. / PERSONAL CHARM USED. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, September 24. In opening an adjourned case in which charges of passing worthless chequcs were brought against Lady Esther Makgill, aged 30, wife of Sir Donald Makgill, 12th baronet, the prosecutor said 212 of lier cheques had been "referred to drawer."
Such a long history of worthless cheques would have been impossible without a certain amount of charm and distinction, said the prosecutor. Since the suattnons was issued all except one firm had been paid.
Giving evidence in her own dcfence Lady Makgill said that she became friendly with a man, now abroad, who got £4000 from her. "I admit I was careless beyond words, having a comfortable feeling that my friends would meet my liabilities. lam now working as a secretary at £5 a week," she said. The case was adjourned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 227, 25 September 1935, Page 7
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