“DUD” CHEQUES

Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 2

“DUD” CHEQUES

BRIDEGROOM'S LAPSES GAOL SOM AFTER WEBDWG Son of fbe Dame of- Sark, f -'fetidal ruler of 600. islanders, Richard .Vyvyaa Dudley Beaumont, 24-year-olii, commercial air pilot, was sentenced tot-thre« months’ hard labour at. a London police court for obtaining credit by means o® worthless cheques. • ■ = -v-;; - Only three weeks .before appearing in court he was married at Canton. Hall Register Office to„ Miss. „ Violet' Ethel Lough Copplestone, 23-year-old. art student. “ Before getting married, Mf ivau Snell, the magistrate, told Beaumont,, “you might have waited this charge had been disposed of.” Mr Snell remarked that Beaumont had! been defrauding in one way and Another for a long time. It was wilful,;, dia thought. . "■■■■’’• Beaumont pleaded guilty to incurring a debt of £4 15s 6d ■at ' tfie London Casino, and asked', for a slifiilaa: offence, involving -a_ cheque ;fpr '£6 14s, to be taken into account. *’ l Detective Bradley stated that' Bbaumont entered the London Casino • with a woman'friend and ordered ' a meal and two bottles of champagne. " Beaumont made out a manuscript” chequ* for £6 and told the waiter to keep tho changel He asked the waiter fbr of for a taxi fare. The cheque _w&s "returned marked “ account closed. ; Apparently the account had been closed a! few davs previously. , ■'■ ; In the other case Beaumont had refreshments and gave a cheque on al Guernsey bank which was 'returned marked te no account. i 3 ■ Jjijß officer’ mentioned that Beaumont; was- ..bound! over in September, 1937; for avsimyar offence. Three r other-; similafvv ( -case« were then taken into consideration. Beaumont had told him. he- was,.eniployed as a commercial air pilot’., an £7OO a year. He had, a reversionary interest 'in the residuary estate of hi# father. Beaumont gave another , cheque ,ton £SO at Heston airport to hire al machine which flew him to .prance. That cheque was returned. He under* stood Beaumont had repaid £lO of-the £SO. ~ i'.;;. Mr J. Addis, defending,; said •■Beaumont was doing valuable, if ndt ; vital, work in these “ rather difficult times.’ - He came of an extremely good, family ami he had the money to make restitu* lion.