Post Office Betting Case: Philip Ablaster (19) chemist and Emily Palfrey (16) telegraph clerk (on bail) surrendered to take their trail on the following charges, to which, at the opening of the session they had pleaded not guilty: That at Birmingham, on the 13th December, 1891, they did unlawfully forge, and wilfully and without due authority alter a certain telegram, and unlawfully utter the same knowing it to be so forged … Mr. Hugo Young (instructed by Messrs. Weekes and Co.) prosecuted on behalf of the Post Office; Albaster was represented by Mr. Parfitt (instructed by Messrs. Smith, Pinsent and Co.) and Palfrey by Mr. Stubbins (instructed by Mr. H. G. Tanner) … (discussion, then excerpt from a letter from Palfrey to Albaster) … “I do not intend to walk out of the P.O. and so lose my living, without having some compensation. It is for you to choose which I do”. On the 28th March, Arblaster’s father having heard of the matter, and young Arblaster having received this letter, Mr. Pinsent, solicitor was consulted and a letter was written to the Postmaster practically admitting the young man’s guilt. It was a very fair letter bearing in mind what had been said by the young lady … (Arblaster received six months’ hard labour for the initial fraud and Emily a fine of £50 for that and for conspiracy).
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