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NEWTON GOES UNPUNISHED. JUDGE’S COMMENTS. Reuter’s Telegram. LONDON, March 20. Giving the Appeal Court’s reasons for dismissing the appeal of Charles Robinson in the Midland Bank case, the Master of the Rolls saidt that the aide-de-camp, Hobbs, and Newton were parties to a conspiracy to catch Sir Hari Singh with Mrs Robinson. It was clear that the conspirators never intended to pay the money to the plaintiff. They ■used the name of Charles Robinson for Convenience, but it was a mere cypher and title for an account. Judgment would be varied by allowing the plaintiff the costs due to his proving that he was not a party to the conspiracy, but these would be set off against the costs on other issues. Lord Justice Atkin said that the only evidence connecting the plaintiff with the conspiracy was the evidence of Newton, a convicted forger, self-confess-ed blackmailer, and accomplice in the conspiracy, who was paid £3OOO for giving evidence. The jury was entitled to reject Newton’s evidence. The authorities, .said the judge, had apparently given Newton immunity from criminal proceedings. The result was distinctly encouraging for Newton’s infraction of the criminal law of the country.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12094, 23 March 1925, Page 7
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195ARCH-CONSPIRATOR New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12094, 23 March 1925, Page 7
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