3-082-706 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Arrival of Jabez Spencer Balfour, 1895. 'Sketches by our Special Artist, Mr. Julius Price. 1. The Police-Boat Leaving the Tartar Prince. 2. Landing at Southampton. 3, 4. In the Train. 5. At Bow Street Police Station. 6. Detective-Inspector Froest. After much uncertainty and innumerable delays, the return of Jabez Spencer Balfour to take his trial on charges in connection with the Liberator Building Society became an assured fact on May 6. In the custody of Inspector Froest the prisoner was conveyed from Salta, in Argentina, where he had been hiding under the name of Samuel Butler...The...hearing of the case was commenced before Sir John Bridge, Balfour being defended by Mr. John O'Connor, formerly an Irish M.P....it was alleged against the prisoner that he applied to his own use the sums of £3000 and £2645, and other sums, amounting to £20,000, from the House and Land Investment Trust. It was further alleged that Balfour had conspired with Henry Granville Wright, James William Hobbs, and with other persons, to cheat and defraud in this way. Balfour was also charged with obtaining sums amounting to £30,000 and applying them to his own use...the journey of Balfour...has so far terminated at Holloway Jail'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.