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EX-CONVICT & BARONESS SENSATIONAL CROSS-EXAMINA-TION COUNSEL THROWS UP BRIEF. (By Telegrtph.— Press Association.— Copjri|ht.) (Received March 5, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, 4th March. Hugh Dah'ymple, an ex-convict, lias sued Baroness Vongoelz, a wealthy philanthropist and organiser of a farm for discharged prisoners. Dalrymple alleged that he loaned the Baroness money, and produced scores of the Baroness's letters containing terms of endearment. In a sensational cross-examination, counsel proved that Dalrymple had been convicted for frauds on women in 1896. In order to explain discrepancies in the letters, Dalrymple alleged that his twin brother was responsible. Dalrymple's counsel then threw up his brief. A verdict was given for the defendant. The Judge impounded a hundred letters, which were obvious forgeries. In her evidence, the Baroness stated she had forty thousand at the bank at the time of the blackmailing.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 54, 5 March 1914, Page 7
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