A BRILLIANT CAREER BLIGHTED

Evening Star, Issue 9888, 27 December 1895, Page 4

A BRILLIANT CAREER BLIGHTED

and amity &t lsrß-oslysE!» CKFivifo pf l thptfODdpFgbiog Rentenoe'bf flitee>g months impcjfconffieat at was brought up for wuteucef the presiding juilge On the prisoner in the dock, lo6b ot)&&SStl&t»inmenta and rohata,oter placed in the pfitfop fo whfoh tfo how,stbbd. "Tliff client was,now jn hiß was'a ifrah who" bhrne’hfl up# pro&ohable character, ...and had succeeded--in winning for himself a distinguished position at the Ear. He, was educated at ‘Sli., College, JLondon, ywhere he took high took to the pcofewidn df. the law, and read, with Mr Pridlftxv awifoa foWi%Ta«ied his examination waS’Lpfopbaedi as «’member of the Bar shy., the and seconded .'by Sir, Momas He practised tor.: some timp in England, and then wentTcr h lndlaj where ffe 'nohieved a prominent position as counsel for the exGaekwar * w: Batodal 'On his' return 5 to Englandriievtpka.foooinßiended by ,Sk William wjdyqthew for.th® of a London magistrate,; afterwards recommended fe Sir TJiohard BterVQ.Cii iffi’ jiidiOijrt bffide ifl thc colonies. He was a gukrdiah 'df the poorfoV Ulkpham and/ also a member ml the 'veatiry, in high respect by all his heighwrs, and madHlie honor of being presented .$t .Gowrh fhy Lord on> bis marriage with the daughter of a petr of the reahm f "He two months’ incarceration, and, under the circumstances,: the learned > counsel thought this 5 was ab case 4hfe €ourt mightF exercise the' clemency which was within its discretion.” As the learned judge was about to pronounce his decision, Me O’Flynn, the batrißter wbhSe wife figured as prosecutrix in the case, and who has recently been released from prison l (onytbfer ground* of illhealth, stood up* in, the v the court, and, addressing the learned chairman, asked for a postponement of the sentence until the accused had given up possession of certain valuable'phpers whiofaNhe-had jobteined from her.: ‘ After hearing the statement of Mr O’Flynn, Mr Soames' thought the application unreasonable one, and postponed sentence with d view'to a satisfactory settle. ,ment of the point in dispute. -