FORTUNE SOON SPENT
JUDGE’S DAUGHTER IMPRISONED
Described as the daughter of an Indian judge, Mary Augusta Hov/ell was at Worcester Assizes recently sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for obtaining credit without disclosing that she was an undischarged bankrupt. Mr Justice Humphreys said he felt that Howell was not very strong mentally, but that was no reason why she should be allowed to swindle people.
It was stated that accused was adjudicated a bankrupt at Bristol in 1926.
Supt. Lyes proved a conviction at Knighton, Radnorshire, in March, 1931, when Howell was sentenced to one month in the second division. She had obtained goods all over the country, witness said.
At Pendock, her premises were surrounded with wire netting, and she locked herself in, refusing to see anybody. She was very generous to poor people. Mr Hutton (defending) said accused had been brought up in luxurious circumstances at Clevedon, Somerset. She had been accustomed to spend money without stint whilst her father was alive.
He left her a considerable sum of money which she quickly spent, and then went bankrupt. A cousin made her an allowance of £6/10/- a week.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 March 1933, Page 9
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