A SAD DOWNFALL.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1495, 12 January 1885, Page 2

A SAD DOWNFALL.

j Mr George Hampden WlnKey. ' lately M.P. for P« tjrherough, and well-known in connnction with the i Tiehhorne case, was charged is the ; Central Criminal Court a few ays ago I »ith having stolen som« property fro* a house furnished for himself and kit wife in th« Crfeherne ro»l, B>isin? I ton. This •■happy nan, who is only thirty-thre* yeart of age, came >»y the death of his father (the well-known and eccentric ultra-Protests** chamJ p»on in the House of Commons) into j a splendid fortune, and «at accepted ! by thn electors of Peterborough as hit father's legitimate su.Hseseer in the I parliamentary representation Of that ' place. Unfortunately he contractor wild haMts during his early manhood while he served with the Volunteer force in the Zulu war. and it may to reasonably doubter whether his mind "»■ altogether that of a completely responsible man. Last summer he became the tmiaiit-af MraJtoible-* My *ho. when she let her hooso j furnished, reserved one room a» a I depository for her most valuable pos. ! sessions, which eh« consigned to drawer* and tru-^s. She not only locked these, but sealed then*, and Ao also took the precaution to demand b«r rent iv advance. She raeeivtjd » bill at sight for fit. which, having been presented for payment, tame* out to be waste paper. This discovery led Mrs Gamble to take legal measnre» for regaining possession of her hoos* at once, and bavmg done so, the. found that her doted room had boon forced open, and hor sealed boxea etc., pland«*d •* their contents, valoed at £200. Theoe, on subsequent invertgatwns, were proved to have been pledged for Mr Whalley by a young Heronrt, nineteen yean cf age, who **■ brought as "a gentleman wbe u>"l "'*& aim.' The. coßfodoritot 't««pKl to B ilosme in the first in•t»nc«, bin w-t«- eventaatiy atrotltd

and wihMi the case cams; o.i for tri.il, they lind virtd-illy no drft'rtnce to off .r. The Recorder, in pawing upon Mr Wiuilley a sentence of nine mouths imprisonment spoke feelingly of the pain it <* ivrf hi a t > see a son of o:m Uj had known s\> ws-1 in so sul /i p-Mition.