1936-12-16 — Page 11

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. · WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

The Strange

Case Of

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8 SHOPPING DAYS

TO CHRISTMAS

16, 1936,

Mrs. Lowick

London, Dec. 5.

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It arose out of an appeal of Mr. Philip Lazarus, a Manches- ter magistrate, and his son, Mr. Adolph Lazarus, calico printers,

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£4,719 damages for malicious prosecution to Mrs. Frances I. Lowick (21) of Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales.

Mrs. Lowick, then unmarried, and a girl of excellent character, was formerly

employed by Lazarus

in

Messrs. clerical cupuclly. Money was missing by forgery on large scale. Her employers brought a poller court action against her, but, it was dismissed, and there was no cvidence at all as to what she had done with the money, if she had had it. The actual charge was in respect of a small sum of £170 only, but Sir Patrick Hastings (Counsel for the Lazaruses in the Court of Appeal) said cheques were involved totalling about £1,000.

Thereupon, the girl and her father, the was then under age-brought the netton for malicious prosecution against the Arm who Were un- doubtedly held up to much local adium after publicity all over the British Isles.

The Firm appeated and when the Action was started this week in a Higher Court, Sir. Patrick declaring the facts would prove a very grave miscarriage of justice, sald: "Mrs. Lowick. formerly employed by Messrs. Lazarus, was awarded the damages at Manchester Assizes last July. She had been acquitted on a prosecution, In October, forgery of about £170."

1935,

for

"When Mrs. Lowick was prosecul- ed before the magistrate the astound- ing thing was there was no evidence at all as to what had been done by her with the money if she had bad Since the Action was tried the most amazing information has come into the possession of the defend. aats from a shop called Stella's, Books show that, between April, 1935, and April,, 1936, Mrs. Lowiek bought £651 worth of clothes there." "Betwern

April 26th, 1935, and October 11th, 1936, when she left her employment, she had paid £400 en account to Stella's."

She always paid in £1 notes. within " day or two of the alleged forgery of the cheques."

"Of the balance of the £650, £170 was paid off in May, 1936, after the prosecution and before the civil Bellon, and a fual payment of £51 was made by the young woman's father"

"There also came to the defend- ants knowledge another most tounding fact."

As-

"On December 4th, 1935, somebody went to John Percy & Co. pawn brokers, with Jewellery on which

£20 was advanced."

The person pledging the property gave the name of Beatrice Chartres, A young

employed by Stella's

woman

Beatrice Chartres has been seen and says that no jewellery of hers was pledged at all, and she knows nothing about it.",

"The pledge-notes have been in- spected and an opinion has been given that they are in the hand-

of Mrs. Lowick."

writing

"There could be no doubt," Sir Patrick added "that if the evidence was right the plaintiff and her father are in grave peril from another aspect of the law, having regard to the evidence they swore at The trial,"

There were, he concluded, an enormous number of grounds for appeal"

Mr. E. C. Hemmerde, K.C. for Mrs. Lowick, said, "One of the main ques tions which arose was whether she forged the cheques or whether Mr. Adolph Lazarus signed them in the ordinary course of business and put the money into his own pocket."

The jury found that the latter thing happened as shown by these questions left to them and their an-

swers.

Their verdt if it stood, must inevitably lead to the prosecution of Mr. Adolph Lazarus."

"Our case will be that these books that are supposed to convict. Mrs. Lowick are forged and have been forged to meet u desperate situa- tion."

The plaintiff will deny that she ever hnd the things and will say that the people who are now coming forward to help are people who. within a week of the verdict, asked her to put £2,000 of her damages in to their business."

Sir Patrick gave an undertaking that Mr. Hemmerde should have every facility to examine the Stella Books.

And there for the moment the case stands. Fresh evidence is to be

called.

Big Game Freak

Nairobi, Dec. 1. A The skin of what is believed to be a new species of wild animal, shot in the Mau Forest by a white settler, is now being exhibited at the Nairobi Natural History Museum":

The salmal resembles a huge lynx,, but its colour, markings and the shape of the skull are different.

Mother, I think I'll get daddy a T

E for Christmas.

American Critic

of

"£40,000,000 Coronation"

From A Correspondent

New York, Dec. 10.

"I have been reliably informed that the Coronation

is going to cost the British £40,000,000.

"Let them pay that in interest on their debt to the United States, and go about their King-crowning in a simple way."

So said Representative Raymond J. Cannon (Democrat, Wisconsin) explaining to me why he is to introduce a resolution into the coming Con- gress calling upon the United States Government to boycott the Coronation ceremony.

OVER THE PHONE

'Speaking on the telephone from Milwaukee, Mr. Cannon insisted that the Coronation would cost the sum he mentioned.

There was Bitte give-and-take i over, the phone, as follows:

。

Myself: "Supposing the British wanted to pay that amount on the debt, how would you accept the money in gold or goods?"

Mr. Cannon: "I'd take it in any way that would relieve the American taxpayers.“

MUST

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Cirencester, Dec. 10. Ernest Grubb. a 52-year-old shep- herd, of Kemble, Gloucestershire, Myself: "If you took it in goods, will never keep a dog again. that might injure American workers. This penalty was imposed on him who are now producing the same here to-day, when he was summoned goods."

for cruelty to his dog, which after- Mr. Cannon; "I don't know any-wards died. He was also fined £1. thing about that. What I ask is- In Grubb's defence I was said that have they made an offer? If they he killed the dog while he was in an make an offer, let the State Depart- epileptic fit. ment settle how to accept payment,'

The resolution which Mr. Cannon money for needless display and harın- is to move includes this: "A debtor fui propaganda without even at-

has no right to waste huge sums of tempting to pay his debis,"

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