BLACKMAILING CASE.
ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. By Telegraph.*-»Pre«j AseoctuMou.-Copyrigta, (Received December 22, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 21st December. At Bow-street Police Court, the hearing of the charges against Francis Henry Page, William Henry Glendimng, and Frederick Marshall (an ex-solicitor), of blackmailing the Countess Hamil Domain to -the extent of £500, the money being obtained under threat that certain lettere would be published to her annoyance, was resumed. Tho letters were by a Dan O'Connor (late of Sydney) and one Dobbie. The Countess Demain was further crops-examined. yShe slated that O'Connor had warned her that defendant* were likely to blackmail her, but, she did not take the warning seriously. The same day a representative of the defendants told her that a warrant was out for O'Connor's arrest. She denied that ehe i gave bills in settlement of Dobbie's claim for damages tor libel against O'Connor. She wanted to secure the lettors in order to relieve O'Connor, but O'Connor wrote nothing that concerned her. The accused were committed for trial.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 7
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167BLACKMAILING CASE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 7
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