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r«J. UWJU/J5 fTUlOUipUl VUO vxmj Viof Bristol.”CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENCES.On Saturday, at tbs Weston-super-Mare Police*court, before Messrs. Mullins, Battiscombe, Hunt,Brown, and Harvey, Max Muller was charged onremand with having obtained by meau6 of false and fraudulent pretences ther sum of £11 6s., the property of Sebastian J. Selliek, tailor, c., of Weston-super-Mare. Mr. R. It. Vaehell (instructed by Mr. RogersFord) appeared for the prosecutor, and the defendant was represented by Mr. E. J. Fillers, of Bristol. From counsels opening statement, It appeared thatin the year 1887 prisoner and his wife resided at Worthing with a Mr. James Baber, to whom onleaving he was indebted in. a sum of nearly £300. On being pressed for payment prisoner assigned toBaker a ]olicy of assurance effected on the life of his (Muller’s) wife in liquidation of such liability. InJanuary of the present year it appeared that prisoner incurred a slight debt with prosecutor, and in order to meet this signed a document assigning to the creditor (Selltdc) the policy above referred to. The transaction was, of course, ineffectual, on accountof the previous assignment to Baker, but Muller explained at the time that the non-production of the policy was due to its being in the temporary custodyof Mr. Fillers, of Bristol. Under prosecutor’s arrangement with Muller he advanced the sum of money forming the basis of the present proceedings. Themoney, however, was so advanced upon Muller’Srepresentations that Mr. Fillers, of Bristol, wasdesirous of purchasing the interest in the policy for£100, but he (Muller) preferred to give prosecutor the opportunity of securing the same. Considerableevidence was adduced in support of counsel's opening statement, after which Mr. Pillers stated that he should be able to produce certain correspondence which would exculpate his client from the accusation preferred. In the absence of the original letters, however, Mr. Vachelt sustained an objection to thenroductiou of other than the originals. Mr. Pillers, under these circumstances, reserved his defence, andprisoner was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions.■ 1 11 ..Thbatju! Royai*.—A stirring drama, u Her Wedding Day,” is to be placed on the boards at the TheatreRoyal this evening
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Bristol Times and Mirror
Bristol, Gloucestershire, GB
Tue, Mar 23, 1897
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