CLERGYMAN'S SON

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1937, Page 18

CLERGYMAN'S SON

AND A LIFE OF CRIME "He has had every chance, but seems determined to lead a life of crime," declared a police officer when Alexander Waters, aged 24, said to be the son of an Aberdeen clergyman, was charged at Oxford, England, recently with obtaining goods from local tradesmen by false pretences, says the "Daily Express."

One of the tradesmen concerned said Waters asked him about college colours and led him to believe he was a freshman. He gave the name of C. J. MacMillian, of Keble College, and his private address as Lissenden Road, Birmingham.

The chief constable told the Magistrates that Waters attended a public school at Aberdeen. Later he obtained employment as a bank clerk, but was discharged for carelessness. He then went to Canada, ,where he studied at McGfll University, but was expelled.

He returned to England and studied r l Chelsea Polytechnic, but was expelled. He then became a medical student at Bart's, but left when he failed to pass his examination.

In 1934, at West London, he was bound over for stealing a £10 note. At the time his debts amounted to £300. While still on probation he was bound over at Oxford for stealing articles from Southfield Golf Club. Within two months he was sent to prison for false pretences. In July of this year he was sent to prison for stealing four gold cigarette cases by means of a trick. He was released from prison on September 21, and had been staying at a hostel in London at his mother's expense. The chief constable added that he could say nothing in Waters's favour. Waters was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.