SENSATION IN COURT.
COUNSEL THROWS UP BRH# E ONVICUND BARONET ■tyCKMAIL AND FORGHff, C&eceivod March 5, 10.45 1 a.m.) JX)ND.ON, March .4, Hujgjh Dalrymple, ex-conviat, andt&t.! Baroness von Goetz, a wealthy phllaji*' thropist and the organiser of a farm for discharged prisoners, were tfco pai» ties in an interesting Court casa," . Dalrymple alleged that ho had loaned the bai'oness money, and produced, scores of letters from the baroness con* taining terms of endearment. A sensational cros&*ixaminatsonv by counsel prove<l that Dalrymple ha? been convicted of frauds on women/hi 1896. ' In order to expel discrepanoie* in.-the letters Dalrymple" alleged thai' his tute brother was I'csponsible for them. Dalrymple'a counsel threw up hlif. brief, and a verdict was returned ioi the defendant. • ' The judge impounded 100 tefctesw, which were obvious forgeries. Evidence was given that the.baronest ! had £4o,'ooo,iii the bank at the time « [ the blackmailing.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19140305.2.53
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 11018, 5 March 1914, Page 4
Word Count
143SENSATION IN COURT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11018, 5 March 1914, Page 4
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.