WORTHLESS SHARE CASE.
London, July 1. The evidence in the worthless shares case showed that Master met Bottomley through the latter writing saying ho wished to help those who had lost money in previous Bottomloy companies. Muster lost £90,000 in share dealings with Hoolcy and Bottomley in connection. with investments in the John Bull Investment Trust Agency, Carter’s Deep Leads, and other companies. Practically all tho shares were worthless. Hooloy compromised in the Curtiss action. “Bottomley would not go into tho witness-box. Plaintiff’s counsel stated that Eottomley “.sucked the poor, the old, the deaf, and the infirm dry.” For live months Hooley and Bottomley wore conspirators together, and shared the money received in connection with the companies with which they were identified.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 112, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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