BOTTOMLEY TRIAL.
HUGE FRAUDS ALLEGED.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copy rig at Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 18. For the Bottomley trial at the Old Bailey the jury includes two women. The Judge allowed the prisoner to sit at the solicitors’ table in order to keep in touch with the experts assisting in the defence. Mr Bottomley pleaded “ decidedly not guilty.” Mr Travers Humphreys detailed the twenty-four counts, which alleged frauds aggregating ever £200,000. He said Mr Bottomley had made up his mind to steal £IOO.OOO belonging to the Victory Bond Club. He added: “ I say that advisedly.” Mr Bottomley, unperturbed, continued taking notes.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16738, 20 May 1922, Page 17
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