VICTORY BOND CASE.
BOITOMLEV PROSECUTED. Per Press Association —Copyright. London, May 23. Evidence for the prosecution closed earlier than was expected. Bottomley came into court wearing a white hat. He said humorously, “1 am going to the Derby.”
After all the opening he said; “If the charges are true, they stamp me as a rogue and hypocrite of the deepest dye. The question is, had I any intention to steal from the poor devils who subscribed, ex-sol-diers and their dependents? God forbid!” Bottomley then asked whether he could call a hundred thousand witnesses to rebut the evidence for the prosecution that the subscribers had not received their money back. The judge said that he would listen to any evidence also to any objection by the prosecution. Bottomley said he might have been a little reckless and unconventional, but he had dne nothing criminal. Botomley concluded with a dramatic oration, bursting into tears.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 25 May 1922, Page 5
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