A BOGUS PEER.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 8, 14 February 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

A BOGUS PEER.

CHARGED WITH FRAUD. | * * LORD INNES-kERR ',' IN COURT. . - (SUN Special.) • ' ; ! AUCKLAND, February >£> \ The spurious "Lord Innes-Kcrr,M known to the ' police as Evelyn r Vine Kidson, who was very much in the limei i light at San Franfcisco recently, , ap-; peared before the court at Hamilton to-day to answer' a charge of haying obtained £8 10/- from Schneideimiann Bros, at Hamilton, by means of a valueless cheque for £lO. j '! The adventurous brief career of j the young man was outlined by Chief,-Der tective who stated that* ', the accused was variously known as.! Lilian Gordon Palmer, Albert Gibs Clifford} and Dr Innes-Kerr, alias Lord InnesKerr. He posed as a Lord or a Duke In 1907 he in Australia, and the end of that year he had.,a. record 'of eleven conyictions, comprising forger - ies, false pretences, and theft. He came to Wellington, and on November 15, 1911, he was charged at Auckland with attempted suicide, and also with false pretences, and was sentenced to seven years' reformative treatment. On June 14, 1913, he was released on a probation license. Vine got away to San Fran- , eisco by the Willoehra, the chief detect tive continued, and was deported from, the States, and put aboard the same steamer," bound for New Zealand. He left the boat at Tahiti, and she came on'without him. On January 30 he arrived at, Wellington by the Aprangi, The police heard that he was coming, and Detectives Andrews and Dempsey boarded .the vessel. Vine was abput the ship all sound shortly before she berthed, but when the detectives went aboard they could not find him. Eventually, after searching for.an hour and a half, they discovered him in a.recess which contained a tot of rubbish, together with tins of disinfectant and poisonous, substances. His appearance indicated that he had taken some of the poison. The front of his coat and vest were smothered with it.

When he .appeared in the Hamilton Court to-day, charged on remand with obtaining, £B. 10/,. from Sehneidemati Bros, by false pretences. Kidson was wearing a , ready-made sporting jacket and ill-fitting blue trousers. His appearance was. anything but- that of an English lord. . He was remanded until February 19, as other charges are pending against him-