Newfoundland: — Sir Robert Thorburn, ex-Premier of Newfoundland, and three other directors of the insolvent Union Bank have been arrested, together with the manager, Mr. Pinsent, and charged with issuing false balance sheets by which sundry complainants were defrauded. The defendants have been admitted to bail, and the arrests have created quite a sensation.
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GRO1157 Hennock: Charles Speare Pinsent: 1838 – 1914