THE CHARLESWORTHS.
.''. '•.'.' ..- FIVE ; YEARS' GAOL. ; f^: BTTeleeraph-PreßsAesooiation-Oopyrieht. .■;■'■'. ' '■':?:,:; London,; ; ;.;.Violet' Charleswortli.; arid .her.; mother were sentenced .to .five , years':. imprison-ment-each for. fraud. ;.,.:;. ;'.■.','.;
.[After , a lengthy period of posing in the ■ public eye,. followed-' by; ■ lengthy bankruptcy 'and ■" criminal : proceedings,' -Violet .Charlesworth has : ;at last. met with punishment which, according' to all accounts, can only be described as fitting; if. severe, v The Court's sentence implies that her mother was equally guilty. The detailed facts : have already been published. ■'' Briefly, the charge was' obtaining money by various false pretences, including '£600.'from- Martha Smith and ,£«00 from Dr. Jones,. Violet • Charlesworth's former, fiance..;; Prospective legacies from various : ' persons, probably' V mythical, figured: in the: case.' -At the bankruptcy meeting it was stated that the total liabilities- were and the:. deficiency ' I' ■■■■'-■:::; \ ' '. ' :,•■',.;>■,:•.:
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 751, 25 February 1910, Page 5
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