THE CRIPPEN CASE.
A SEQUEL CONCOCTED LETTERS. A SOLICITOR FOUND GUILTY. Bj Xalegrapb.— Pres» Association.— Copyright. (Received June 21, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 20th June. The Law Society found that Mr. Avthur Newton, the solicitor for Hawley .Crippen, the wife-murderer, was guilty ot professional misconduct in giving the newspapers John Bull and Daily Chronicle what purported to be correspondence emanating from Crippen, while the latter was in gaol, knowing that; such correspondence did not, as a matter of fact, exist. Evidence was given that Mr. Newton concocted the letters. " The High Court is now considering the matter. AN ADMISSION. (Received June 21, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 20th June. Newton's counsel admitted that Mr. Horatio Bottomley, proprietor of John Bull, contributed two hundred pounds towards Crippen'e defence.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 145, 21 June 1911, Page 7
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124THE CRIPPEN CASE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 145, 21 June 1911, Page 7
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