THE MAIL.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 551, 16 October 1871, Page 2

THE MAIL.

A FASHIONABLE WWINDLER,

A :FA.sniGNAr<r,Y-:DBrsSKD youpg woaiaa,who i»ove T.lie nano of the Hon. Florence Caroline Cowper, residing in Q-loucester-place, Hege^t'g* t'li't, wh3 plttcL-d ii; the dock at Marylebine Po!ie«-Oourt, or the 23rd August;, before 6-fr, Minefield, charged with obf^jying a gold opal ring from. Mr Joseph-^' -': teller of 9i; fiS p^SSS* |V "' a means ojj My. Searle, solicitor, appearct1 aecuiioa. i for the prd^E Th* case has ban before thp 4

different ftdcasumß, and it will baj two fhnt in the.ftemoon of Ue prisoner enter.* the ebop ofMMr.O(5 0 ( j u j otfiere-i a diauioa-l o^\[ ring toHft ow « an j the-SaVirdty fullowiag. She eaiffr"'" a°a rton. Mrs. Cowpet ,and believing tfs". maae JJ7 he allowed her to We the ring, if 1™!" 18 th* ' years ago » Mi M Kli, fl beth T>^f r, 8! atement« her aunt at. 13. Old Gmv.diafc. J *b. rot tw? dish-squai-e, weai wit a <!•,* priso,!' 'nf, Ith in the house, td S^tjariJ. bUc', ' reet< seuted that abe wa* fch- t daughter" pr» 'wboliTed cionuld. She fisitftS rt ., M euD of:- thero repreScott, v g"--1 -'^, wi :; , with iApt Lord Dun- j the prisoner was their daughter.!'jthe name of treated them kin lj, and ~Gaid tibia wife, said ber pareuts, they were or.lv her .';; She always §nd Aa.her. She reprsf.uieri ii,'hey wer« not JJa is , wi.ua; owTTj.it,. andMdd poster mother came of age the would i;c- eutiti U ae lf to Miw On the 27th of March a M.^Zl raitiiiier and dressmaker, oarry'^Jujj £3qo() < in; Clargea-sireet, introduced th.j^ a,mham a Mr. Solomau Benjtunin, a tailu^g on b Uß ine«» HBbpherd-street, Mayfoir. The|; e pr i Boner to she T.'a« the Hon Mrs. Cowper, ak living at 94 to borrow £20 till Friday. He^p r { sOnep he -mißnota uiouey-lewder, >mf^ e he wanted w«s in the receipt of £200 per | ||j her auutallowed iier when sbe vts^ 1 sohool. Mr. Beujan.in asked % naum i w jjj cJl she knew the prißoner, and B atbowding. quite correct. Me wrote out a | lrg q^^ )f to Mrs. Oowper, who said U W^ gai(J h wag been the Hon. Mrs. Oowper, j>f£. c did not matter. He gay uJ| ougU^to haTe believing her to be he replied it Soon .itter he coEiraunicatKt W|T eh and found the cheque baa heej : Kn > Spn, Mrs. Cowper, South ?«ush Wnk ; rJ HSr"^nd she did not live at L endoßjed th ; to^; fend he Trent fco Mr% IBiDgtoti EiQiel to| , 0 the piwouer a lf No | R Mrs. 4 _ a8 servanfe tcI;K . , 1 • . tbe t; ,X wanted t^P gvßn-W!ICh her wu P KecnngtoQi donald 1 \O f taff mone? t0 P a" fives'--'1' "-'■■■■-.^'l jt, 3Lp - , joined Lord Duu- ■ '"" . 4 prisoner, who lin Scotland, and ' ' >, .• ' ■ •,;■' '■/: r ■■■■■■ / - not in aliten« "jave to ask for a . . ~; ;pTera| witnesses V^l Rte wauld take liv jome on the next exu . . t Kiidare-terrace, dJI . i,;go she knew the prisoi.\ v ' ;. ■ f fbrence Hope rfcott- " siUl servant for her (witness). \^[ . e( j IUO p V iaoner .-he said she. ,^ n gentleman* ' daughter. Fr^ . ; ,ance tha tuought the same. Si^. !■' px-isoner for twelve years. er thinner than; she was twelve ' . ~-^Jie was certain tv« prisoner was 5 an w ho W as in her^

The Eev. Ec^dra-w'illiani Thomas, tia Secretary of the Home for Destitute aud Fallen Women,2oo, Eueton-road, said, about two years ago tbl« prisoucr was b^.-g^t takia by a gentleman, who represented her to bg a person who had been engaged in swindling transactions, lie inserted an advertisement in iho Times for the friends of the prisoner, aud he received a number of letters irom. persons who had been swindled. He also had a letter from her aunt, who was living in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. She said the fattier of the prisoner was a journeyuian gardener, living at Annan, in Dumfriesshire, tie wrote to the father, who acknowledged that prisoner was his daughter. Arrangements were made for her to be tent home, and he wrote to a person at Carlisle. She was sent home, but before leaving the Home he told her that if ever she turned up again, ftnd he was above ground, he should meet her. He saw the report in the newspapers, and he thought it only right to come to the court. He believed the prisoner was the same person. Her hair, face, eves, and general appearance were the same. She said her name was Scott.

The prisoner, who had auburn hair, said she was not the person. She had dark brown hair twelve years ago, and had not long dyed it.

Joseph Willian Puffield, a house-agent and builder, living at Park-lane, Kensington-gore, said he had the letting of the house No. 2, Kensington-gore. The prisoner was not the tenant of the above house on the 27th or 28th ot May. Cross-examined by the prisoner. The luggage was in the house on the day in question. Two servants were also there hulf an hour. A ton of coals was in the house, but he paid for ihem. She applied to him two or three days previous to the 25th to take the house. She wouid not agrece to his terms ; but she Said, she would pay £8 83. per week. He told her she could have the house if she paid a month's rent in advance. She said she would pay the money and sign the agreement on the after* no n of tho 25th. She did not keep her appointment; but i»i the evening the housekeeper told him that the luggage was in the house. The prisoner sent a letter to him, ih which she stated that she was detained with her uncle Sir Benjamin Pine and she would meet him (witness) on the Monday morning. She had said that she only wanted the house whilst No. 6, Hyde-park-gate South was beiug furnished. Ho went there and the housekeeper told him the tradesmen of the neighbourhood had beeu inquiring for her. He went to the house and told prisoner she could not slop and si c asked him to let the lugg&g6 remain there until Monday. As it was baitpast eleven ho allowed luggage to be left there, she offered him £8 Bs. for the iirst week's rent in advance, but he told her she would have to pay the month. She said she was a relative of the Earl Dundonald. The prisoner said when Bhe married Mr. C'owptu- he had £6000, and he had lost it all through betting. He was confined to his bed, and as she had been confined she could nofcUs witnesses. She could prove who she wt\4 allowed to go out on bail. Sac never sip she was the daughter of Lord Dnndouald W| she was the Hon. Mrs. Cowper. She was fci» foster child of Scott the gardener, and it could be proved. Instead of the persons who were in the court last week being swindled by her they were her husband's creditors. They were placed in the schedule at the Bankruptcy Court, ii .d she was not answerable for his debts. Hor name was jflorenoe Caroline Day Hare Scott, and what the first wifne.-s had stared was wrong. She was married when she was tuneteen, so she could uot have been in tu# ••rTICi of Mrs. Neil

Mr. Mansfield remanded the defendant for ft week, but consented to take bail for bef appearance, two sureties in £100 each, forty* eight hours' natice to be given to th» otli« ■ide.