Judge Warsis Women Who Blackmail

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 336, 18 January 1937, Page 7

Judge Warsis Women Who Blackmail

‘INTIMACY NO EXCUSE.” EL TELLS MOTHER OF THREE ” Women must know —and be to understand —that if a man is mti mate witi\ them over a period ot time that is no reason why they should blackmail him in years to come,’ 7 was the warninc delivered at the. Old Baile;

me warning oeuveicu ai uit viu by Recorder tSir Holman Gregory. Sir Holman had just sentenced Mr; Rosina Sharp (35), mother of three children, to nine months' imprisonment for demanding £3O with menaces from a Air “A” when he spoke so sternly. He had told Mrs Sharp; “I should like to take a very lenient course with you, but in the circumstances it is im possible.” On hearing her sentence Mrs Shar; fell sobbing into the arms of a wardress. This was the case at the police couri hearing of which a detective-inspectoi said he overheard Mrs sharp’s conversation while another detective, hidden under a divan, saw money concerned, in the case. Air Frank Milton, prosecuting, said that Air “A” was superintendent ot a i London organisation and that Mr« i Sharp was employed there as a i laundress. ; When the organisation was l><wa; ■closed down, Mr “A” gave her £2O because she said she was ill' and m debl. She demanded a further £3O, added Mr Milton, on a threat to expose him. Air “A” denied intimacy. Denials also came from Mrs Sharp, j “I went to his house,” she sail, “to | protect other women who might b ; I wronged by this man. ‘ did not jjo for any money. ’ ’