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Indictment: William Lawrence

13th July 1909

From: 1909 To: 1910

The Jurors of our Lord the King upon their Oath present that William Lawrence on the thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine unlawfully in incurring a certain debt and liability to a certain public Company called Blundell Brothers Limited to wit to the amount of nine pounds sixteen shillings and seven pence did obtain credit to wit credit to the amount of twenty five pounds from the said Company by means of fraud other than false pretences with intent to defraud against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace of our Lord the King his Crown and dignity. Second Count: And the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid as further present that William Lawrence on the thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and nine unlawfully in incurring a certain debt and liability to a certain public Company called Blundell Brothers Limited to wit to the amount of nine pounds sixteen shillings and seven pence did obtain credit to wit credit to the amount of the said debt and liability from the said company by means of fraud other than false pretences with intent to defraud against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace of our Lord the King his Crown and dignity. Third Count And the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid as further present that William Lawrence on the fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand and nine hundred and nine unlawfully in incurring a certain debt and liability to a certain public Company called Blundell Brothers Limited to wit to the amount of five pounds eighteen shillings and ten pence did obtain credit to wit credit to the amount of the said debt and liability from the said company by means of fraud other than false pretences with intent to defraud against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace of our Lord the King his Crown and dignity. Plea: Not Guilty Verdict: Guilty Sentence: 6 weeks Imprisonment with Hard Labour Signed, Marks.

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Lawrence, William,
Marks, W.W.,
Blundell, Percy,
Puddephatt,Frederick,
Holyoak, Henry,
Attwood, Joseph Henry,
White, Frank Charles,
Cookson, James Thomas,
Covington, Harry Walter,
Faunch, Thomas Sydney,
Holmes, Elizabeth,
Hartop, William

Blundell Brothers, BEDFORDSHIRE, indictment, fraud