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...i. nnsrtcr Sessions lor me
Thh ofMarltct Mllcaster were held
W1F.hi.'jnv last. October 3, 1801,
fB . ,o town hall, before tbo recorder,
' &.,' John qampernownc, Esq., K
& & V?Vor hip ul the MuyoT of
b7 w Mllcaster (Alderman Petti
Sh, Vicar of Market Mllcaster
'Vev P B. Clabberton, M. A.,
o !ri): Alderman JJanKs, .
' Patera. J - " -rervius
AW r'l Colonel riudgate. J.
'.' Captain Murritl. J. P., and other
p-! ...,5. and ccntlemcn. There was
f the nubile in
"";:. .timS ntirn o
. rntraeu an.i.v- -- -- , . - ..
r.-uoHnn of the trin or .lonn Man
.nticlpation oi lD0 Market Mll-
1 j.' hanlr. and the reserved portions
3fte court were filled with die elite
3 the town and neighborhood, mclud
V a considerable number of lad 1
mariferted the greatest interest
i. ia nrnreedlngs
...- ! stl.n rlnn til A Intl1
"The recorder, '""i' " "
in,r7 said he regretted that the very
Jlof ant and gratifying experience
-Mrh had been Tils upon the occas on
J Si last In a offlclal visits to Market
,?'' tcrhc referred to the fact that
both thoc occasions his friend, the
'.Vorshipfnl Mayor, had been able to
Sikini with a pair of white
:o,M was not to be repented on the
'sent occasion. It would be their
id and regrettable lot to have before
them a fcllowtownsman whose family
hid for generation"! occupied a foremost
nwltlon in the lifo of the borough.
That fellowtownsman wai charged
fith one of the most serious offenses
bono to a commercial nation like
ur' the offense of embezzling tho
moneys of the bank of which he had
for manv years been the trusted man
ner, and with which he had been con
nected all his life since his Bchool days.
He understood that the piisoncr who
Tvould shortly be put before tho court
on his trial was about to plead guilty,
and there would accordingly be no need
for him to direct the gentlemen of the
trand jury on this matter what he
hod to miv respiting the gravity nnd
ren enormity of the offense he would
rescne. The iceordcr then addressed
himself to the grand jury on the merits
nf two minor cases, w hich came before
(he court at n later period of the morn
mr. after which thev retired, and hnv-
jnB formally returned a true bill against I
the prisoner, anu a peny jury, cnosen
from well-known burgesses of the town
llavin" been duly sworn,
"John Maitland, aged fortv-two,
ban.k manager, of the Bank House,
Iligh street, Market Mllcaster, was for
mally charged with embezzling, on April
JS. 1801, the sum of 4875 10s Gd., the
monejs of his employers, the Market
Mllcaster Banking Company Ltd.) and
converting the same to his own use. The
prisoner, who appeared to feel his po
Fition most acutelv. nnd who looked
lery pale nnd much worn, was repre
jpntcrl by Mr. Charles Doollttle, the
nrll-knonn barrister of Kiugshaven ;
ir. oiepuvus, i, ., uiJveurcu on uc
Ulf of the prosecution.
"Maitland. upon being charged.
pleaded guiltv.
"Mr. Stephens, K. C, addressing the
Recorder, said that without nny desire
to unduly press upon the prisoner, who,
he ventured to think, hnd taken n very
mse course in pleading guilty to that
I articular count in the indictment with
which be stood charged, he felt bound,
in tne interests oi justice, to set forth
to the court sonie particulars of the
defalcations which had arisen through
the prisoner's much lamented dishon
etj He proposed to offer n clear and
succinct account of the matter. The
prisoner, John Maitland, was the last
of an old Market Milcastcr family he
ins, in fact, he believed, with the ex
iption of his own Infant son, tho very
last of the race. His father had been
manager of the bank before him. Mait
land himself had entered tho service of
the bank at the age of eighteen, when
he left tho local grammar school; he
mceecded his father as manager at the
aje of thirty-two; he hnd therefore
occupied this highest position of trust
for ten years. His directors had the
fullest confidence in him; they relied
on his honesty and his honor; they gavei
mm discretionary powers Mich as no
bank miungcr, probably, ever enjojed
or held before. In fact, be was to trust
ed that he wns, to all intents nnd pur
poses, the Market Mllcaster Hanking
Uraipanj ; m other words he was al
lowed full control over cverj thing, and
then full liceuto to do what he liked.
Whether the directors were wise in ex
tending such liberty to een the most
trusted scnant, it was not for him (Mr.
Stephens) to say; it was some consol
ation, under the circumstances, to
know that the loss would fall upon the
UitectorB, in ns much as they them
selves held nearly the whole of the
shares. But he had to speak of the
o" of tho serious defalcations which
Maitland had committed. The .prisoner
had wisely pleaded guilty, to tho first
count of tho indictment. But there were
no less than seventeen counts in the
Indictment. He had pleaded guilty to
embezzling n bum of 487(5 odd. But the
total amount of the defalcations, com
prised in the" seventeen counts, wns no
less it seemed a most amazing sum I
than 221,C73 8s Cd. 1 There was the
fact tho banking company had been
lobbed of over two hundred thousand
pounds by the prisoner in the dock be
fore a mere accident, the most trifling
chance, had revealed to the astounded
directors that he wns robbing them at
all. And the most serious feature of
the whole cat.c was that not ono penny
of this money hnd been, or ever could
bo. recovered. He bclievetl that the
ptisoner's learned counsel was about to
urge ipon the Court that the prisoner
himself had been tricked and deceived
by another man, unfortunately not be
fore the court a man. he. understood,
also well known in Market Milcastcr,
who was now dead, and therefore could
not be called, but whether he was so
tricked sor deceived was no excuse for
his clever and wholesale robbing of bis
employers.
"He had thought it necessary to put
these facts which would not be Ucnied
before the court, in order that it
might bo known how heavy the defal
cations really had been, and that they
should be considered in dealing with the
prisoner.
"Tho Recorder asked if there was no
possibility of recovering any part of
the vast sum concerned,
"Mr. Stephens replied that they were
informed that theie was not the re
motest chance the money, it was said
by prisoner and those acting on his be
half, hnd utterly vanished with the
death of the man to whom he had just
made reference.
"Mr. Doollttle, on behalf of the
prisoncr.Nirnved to address a few "words
to the court in mitigation of sentence.
He thanked Mr. 'Stephens for the con
siderate nnd eminently dispassionate
manner in which he had outlined the
main facts of the case. He had no dc
Mre to minimize the prisoner's guilt.
But, on prisoner's behalf, he desired to
tell the true story as to how these
things came to be. Until as recently ns
thrpe cars previous the prisoner had
never made the slightest deviation from
the straight path of integrity. Unfor
tunately for him, and, he believed, for
some others in Market Milcastcr, there
came to the town three years before
the present proceedings, a man named
Charaberiayne, who commenced busi
ness in the High street as a stock-and-shari
broker. A man of good wldress
and the most plausible manners, Cliam-
berlajnc attracted a gooa many people
amongst them his unfortunate client,
It wns matter of common knowledge
that Chamberlayne had induced nu
merous persons in Market Mllcaster to
enter into financial transactions with
him; it was matter of common repute
that those transactions had not always
turned out well for Chambcrlane's
clients. Unhappily for himself, Mait
land had great fnith in Chamberlajne.
He bad begun to have transactions with
him in a large way ; they had gone on
nnd nn in n lnree way until he was in
volved to vast amounts. Believing
thoroughly in Chamberlayne nnd his
methods, he had cntuiBted him with
very large sums of money.
"The Recorder interrupted Mr. Do
little at this point to ask if ho was to
understand that Mr. Doollttle was re
ferring to the prisoner's own money.
"Mr, Doolittlc replied that he was
afraid the large sums be referred to
wcie the property of the bank. But the
prisoner had such belief in Chamber
layne that he firmly anticipated that
all would be well, and that these sums
would be repaid, and that a vast profit
would result from their use.
"The Itecorder remarked that he sup
posed tho prisoner intended to put the
profit into his own pockets.
"Mr. Doolittle snid at any rate the
prisoner assured him that of the two
hundred and twentv thousand pounds
which was in question, Chamberlayne
had had the immediate handling of at
least two hundred thousand, and he, the
prisoner, had not the ghost of a notion
as to what Chamberlajne had done with
"Unfortunately for cverjbody. for the
bank, for some other people, and
especially for his unhnppj client.
Chamberlajne died, very Middenlj, just
as these pioeeedings were instituted,
and so far it had been absolutely im
possible to trace an j thing of the monejs
concerned. Ho bad died under myster
ious circumstances, and theio was just
as much mystery about his affaiis.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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PETEYSuch a Life at Palm Beach
By C. A. Voight
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
"JUDITH, THE FAIR DAMSEL"
By D IDDV
(Pttigy ami Billy in Movieland go
iciH Crooked Nose when he seels the
lironjciif of rainier Stroiirjarm to mar-
hjjo tcifft his daughter, the Jatr dam
sel. The father puts Croolcd Nose
and Oiatif Tierce raiiffs to four tests
(o see ufoch shall wed Judith).
CHAPTER II
'J he Riding Match
pROOKED NOSE wrinkled his blow
y as he read the first tebt he must pass
Wore rarnicr Stronganu would tonsent
o snt him Judith, the fulr damsel,
'or his bride.
"So sturdy and strong jou must be
iou can Tide a steed that masters
me."
Farmer Strongarm turned to six of
Us nervants. "Bring forth Fire Katcr,
udt of all my steeds!" he cried.
lhy entered the stnblc to obey, but
Jt od(i- there was n crashing and n
Mntfns, One servant came Hying
uirough a window und one tame smash -i?
through the side of the burn. Truly
're Later uus wild, so wild that when
e eanic bnorting out with the four
ffmalnlug hervants hanging to him,
'W, Ilillj, Cioohed Nose, and 13cn
?' 1,'ce Fangs leaped for the
wfety of the porth.
; l0y-toltj," cued Farmer Strong
i,?' Hn? ho suited into the saddle of
iumJj r," .Tll m'K( hol,,e rear(,l aml
hIi ""I1, bucked, but the farmer, like
MT'aA ,l ridt,r hc v". Ntutk to the
M??' "ad rode him about th6 Held,
tin I "?8snre not long enough to ride
'o Bill! ' whispered Crooked Nose
"YC.C,?, fMr.' whispered Hilly bark.
alH.. .l Pot.."ve to ride him. I have
rain,;. . m ""p yu W,R thc tcst-
ku ;trongarm brought the tear-
ijorae back to the porch.
CrooUd -1' ritl.c bim'" ,le told t0
blJt(!ookul v,i(,c,artu .fierce Fangs,
Coi 'i' rlfl(' I'lm. ' said Crooked
'or the ni an.Kcr is t0 sreat to fneo
UjE ".7,"1 "' H' fair damsel. Tho
gnashed his
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good time
"'lb, iV 'T'l'i'i anout und
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1 thouali Vku '"..,;'1"
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'ori' i """, oi,e need not ildel r'i'owonow ip( be in
we, lie said, "The terms of the Ve in the tco,id ic1)'
test arc that he should ride a steed that
has mastered Farmer Strongarm. This
horse has not mastered the fanner, to
why should Crooked Nose ride him?"
"True," roared Fierce Tangs. "We
don't have to ride him."
"Hoitj-toity, no horse ever mustered
me,"' boasted Farmer Stronganu.
Billy brought Balky Sum forward.
"Here is a steed that can master jou,"
be said. Farmer Strongarm looked at
Balk) fjam and snorted. "Hoitj-toitj.
Is this a joke?" he asked.
Now Balky Sam before he became au
army mule hud been u citcus mule and
he still remembered his old urcui
tricks. So when Farmer Stiongarm
leaped for his back as he had leaped fot
the back of Fire Uatcr, Bnlkj Sam
dodged and the farmer fell Hat on the
ground. The farmer jumped up und
grabbed for Balky Sam, but whiehecr
way he turned ne met uniky sains
nimble heels,
Finally Balky Sam let him get on,
and then bumpity, bump, bump, he
went bouuclng about. Klckit kick, ho
went oer Balky Sam's head. Once moie
Fanner Stronganu picked himself up
and once more hc jumped to Balk
Sam's back, only to tumble off In a
huiry, when Bulky Snm tterted to roll
over ou him. Still nzaiu ho tried it, ami
this timo Balk Sam let him stu on u
minute while he latcd around the nid
Then Ilnlky Sam planted all foui feet
solid und stopped btlll. Like n shot
Farmer Strongarm went over his head
nnd sprawled on the ground. Another
instant Balky Sam was sitting on top
of him.
"Hee-haw, I've mastered him!"
bra)cd Balky Sam, and Farmer Strong
aim had to admit that this was true.
When Fierce Fangs tiled to get on
Balky Snm'b buck, he got tucb u but
tering with Bulky Sam's htels that hc
quickly quit in disgust.
Then Crooked Nose's turn nunc.
Aga)n Balky Sain reared and bucked
und kicked, but hc was careful not to
throw Crooked Nose off and boon hc
let the dwarf rldo him us though he
were as tame as n kitten.
"Hoity-toity, ou'e wou thin test '
grumbled Funncr Strongarm rubbing
Ills biuihcd bides. "But (here nie three
others hurder thun this, and heir is
thc second." Ho handed Crooked Noc
another packet exactly like tho first.
fTomonoto ipifj be told tehat hap
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