Children of Samuel and Angelina Jarvis

William Hayden, of 44, Wivenhoe-road, Peckham, traveller; William Borrams, 38, alias Stone, High-street, Peckham, confectioner; Hugh Jarvis, 40, alias Blackman, Long-lane, Bermondsey, broker; and Albert Hennesey, 39, alias Owen, Cottenham-road, Holloway, were charged with being concerned with others not in custody in unlawfully conspiring by false and fraudulent pretences to obtain divers goods with intent to cheat and defraud.—The sworn information of Mr. Frederick Burris, margarine agent, of Bristol, upon which the warrant for the arrest of the Prisoners was issued, was read by the clerk. It showed that in May Mr. Burris advertised for a traveller to represent him in London on commission. Hayden answered the advertisement, and was ultimately engaged. Shortly afterwards he sent in a large number of orders to the value of about 500l., and they were executed to the value of 450l., but of that amount only 27l. 10s. had been paid.—The information of Detectives Symes, Williamson, and Brockwell, of the Criminal Investigation Department, Scotland-yard, having also been read over, the Prisoners were remanded and bail was refused.

LONG FIRM FRAUDS.

At the Lambeth Police Court yesterday William Hayden, 44, traveller, Wifenhoe-road; William Burrows, alias Stone, 39, High-street, Peckham, baker and confectioner, and formerly of The Parade, Hanwell, and other places; Hugh Jarvis, alias Blackman, 40, Long-lane, Bermondsey; and Albert Hennesey, alias Owen, 39, Cottenham-road, Holloway, and St. James's-road, Holloway, grocer, were charged on remand before Mr. Biron, Q.C., with being concerned with others not in custody with conspiring to obtain by false pretences divers goods with intent to defraud.—Mr. Sydney defended Hayden and Burrows.—Upon the case being called on, Detective-sergeants Brockwell and Williamson asked for a further remand.—Sergeant Williamson informed his worship that in consequence of the report of the first hearing of the case being noticed in the Press information had been received from some 40 or 50 firms in different parts of the country, and that morning two or three gentlemen had arrived at the Court who between them had been defrauded to the extent of some £3,000. The officer added that the Treasury had undertaken to prosecute, but to enable the necessary evidence to be collected a further remand was required.—Mr. Biron granted a further remand, and refused to take bail at present for any of the prisoners.

ALLEGED LONG FIRM FRAUDS.

At Lambeth Police Court this afternoon, William Hayden, of 44, traveller, Wivenhoe-road; William Burrows, alias Stone, 59, High-street, Peckham, broker and confectioner; Hugh Jarvis, alias Blackman, Long-lane, Bermondsey; and Albert Hennesy, alias Owen, Cottenham-road, Holloway; Robert B. Salisbury, 37, trading as Oakley and Co., flour factors, Victoria Park; Henry Adolphus Buxton Rice, 64, Wyndham-road, Edmonton-street, Camberwell; and George Staab, 32, broker, Lower Marsh and Old Kent-road, were charged on remand with long firm frauds, it being alleged that they had conspired to obtain goods from persons in various parts of the country with intent to defraud. Since the previous hearing numerous further cases of the alleged fraud have been charged against the accused, and the prosecution has been taken up by the Treasury. The Court was filled with persons, amongst whom it was stated that there were several victims of the alleged malpractices, including traders from Bristol, Leeds, &c. The Treasury solicitor said one Frederick Franklin had been added to the list of prisoners, and he understood another person had just been taken. He, therefore, applied for a remand. Prisoners were remanded without bail.

HUGH JARVIS . I am a baker, of High Road, Leytonstone—I have seen assisting my father the last six years up to the middle of July, and I carried on the business after he was arrested—the weekly takings at Long Lane were £18 to £20 a week—Fontheim called about the end of April or the beginning of May—he was pressing for money, and asked for a post-dated cheque—I wrote it out, and my father gave it to him; I was in the habit of writing cheques—on a subsequent visit my father offered him £10 down and 30s. a month, when Mr. Fontheim served the writ on him, by shaking hands with him and putting it into his hand—Mr. Fontheim would not accept that; he wanted it all down—I was not at home at the time of the fire—I remember the witness Hampson coming to the shop in Crown Street, with a man named Stevens—we were to open a shop at 49, Frean Street, and share half the profits—he remained in that shop about three weeks—there were no profits, he lost by it—the shop was opened on the Saturday—we did very badly; we gave away a penny, as usual, with each quartern loaf—that is the practice, to get a name—we sold twopenny loaves, not weighed, at Frean Street—the shop was shut, because the landlord came and pressed for rent, and took the gas fittings away—Garland managed the business for my father after the first three days—Hatton's son came to Crown Street every morning, and I gave him bread, which we had baked, to serve Hampson's private customers—I recollect about this margarine being sent up from Bristol invoiced from Mr. Burris—I wrote and confirmed it—my father bought flour from Salisbury's as Oakley and Co.; he paid for some of it, and he was sued and served with a writ for. the rest—he bought as he wanted it—he did not buy much flour from Borrows, Borrows bought from us—he has not paid for all of it—he is about £45 in our debt.

Cross-examined. Hampson never got any money out of my father because there was none to get—my father did not leave without letting Hampson know he was going—it was partly at Hampson's suggestion that the shop was shut up—I remember my father going to 30, Crown Street; I was with him at the time—he did not buy the business at Garland, but of Mr. Done—it is not true that he had bought it of Garland for £25—my father never told me so—I remember Mr. Smeed coming many times and asking whether Garland was the tall one or short one—he wanted the rent, and expressed surprise that my father was there—my father might have been angry about the way he was treated by Garland—I did not see Garland there carrying on the business, but I saw him in the bakehouse making bread during the time Done had the house—he was a journeyman—I do not know that my father left 30, Crown Street owing a quarter's rent—there was no arrangement for Borrows to pay—my father did owe a quarter's rent, and it was arranged that Borrows should pay it as purchase-money—I remember Mr. Fontheim coming and worrying my father about money—I wrote the cheque, and it has my father's signature—my father did rot tell me to write these receipts of Mr. Smeed's; it was my aunt, Miss Lampard; not the Miss Lampard who has given evidence—I wrote the name over the stamp—I did not write the other—I cannot say who did—I never saw it till to-day—T do not remember my father moving to 33, Old Kent Road—Miss Lampard did not tell me why I was to write that receipt—it did not occur to me that I was forging the name of Mr. Smeed for a receipt for £10—I saw Mr. Smeed's receipts for £3 and £2 10s.—I did not ask her her motive, but I thought she did not like to show the two or three receipts—I never asked what it was for—I am eighteen years old—I did not copy Mr. Smeed's signature—I do not remember my father removing from Charlton to Old Kent Road. (The COMMON SERGEANT here cautioned the witness that he need not answer any more questions upon this subject, as he was liable to be prosecuted.)—I did not write a receipt for £4 5s. for a man named Chester for the purchase of the business at 44, Long Lane—my aunt, Miss Lampard, carries on business at 33, Old Kent Road, as a baker and confectioner—she did not succeed my father there—I did not see Mr. Webster at 30, Crown Street; I have seen him at Old Kent Road—I know Miss Lampard owed him money—my father had dealings with Mr. Webster some time after he moved to 30, Crown Street—Webster supplied him with flour—his reason for that was not that my father promised to be responsible for Miss Lampard's money—I know nothing about it.

Re-examined. My father was away from home, and I did this at my aunt's dictation—she is in America now—I do not know how much money she owes my father—she went away owing him money—I wrote this receipt at her dictation—it is for money, every sixpence of which has been paid.

Cross-examined by Borrows. You owe my father about £45, including the bill for the purchase of the shop, which I believe was £20 odd—besides that you owe him £10 for money lent—I have been to you several times for money—you asked me to ask my father to hold a cheque over—I did not let my father know—it was paid; it was not held over—I have been in the business some years—I know how many quarterns of bread are made out of a sack of flour, ninety-six four-pound loaves—we sell short-weight bread—I remember you calling with a man named Comfort early one evening—the stock there then was 30 lb. of tea and 96 lb. of flour—everything useful for the trade was left at 30, Crown Street—there always seemed a legitimate business going on while I was there—the loaves you made were 5d. a quartern, but you returned 1d. on the opening day—I have been there many times, but never saw any. of the other prisoners there.

Grandfather Hugh, who previously had been in a bakery business with my Great Uncle [ . . . ] at 320 High Street, Chatham, Kent, and then after that partnership, Grandfather Hugh worked for Mark Packer, another baker, and eventually opened his own bakery, in the 1880's and 90's, located at 12 Middle Street, Old Brompton, in which he made a general line of baked goods, specializing in fancy breads and biscuits. He also conducted a business at the same address as a Cornfactor and Mealman, selling hay, straw, chaff, etc. at wholesale prices. He was a supplier to many army and navy messes in both lines of business.

Edward Horace Cowles, 27, Buxton-road, Tooting, was charged on a warrant with obtaining £2 by means of a worthless bank bill, drawn on the London and County Bank, Wimbledon, from Hugh Jarvis, baker, High-street, Merton, on January 18th.—Hugh Jarvis, Hamilton House, High-street, Merton, deposed: Prisoner had been a customer for about three months, generally getting credit for goods ordered, but sometimes paying cash. There was a balance of £2 7s. still due to witness, and on March 5th an account for that amount was sent in. On January 18th £1 7s. was due. On that date prisoner's daughter called and handed a letter produced, together with a promissory note for £4 12s. 10d., signed "Henry Richardson." and payable to prisoner. The letter asked that the note should be cashed, and the balance handed to his boy after payment of amount due to witness. Witness wrote a reply on the back of the letter and sent it back with prisoner's daughter. The letter asked prisoner to call and see witness, as he didn't know much about bills. Prisoner had a short time previously asked witness if he would change a small post-dated cheque, and witness assented. Fifteen minutes after prisoner's daughter had left, on January 18th, he came himself to the shop, and said the bill was as good as a bank note, and was signed by a stockbroker. Witness then gave prisoner a cheque for £2, arranging to pay the balance when the bill was met. Witness subsequently received his cheque from the bank, and on February 22nd, when the bill became due, which had been paid in at the London and Provincial Bank, Mitcham, it was returned marked "no account." Witness went to see prisoner, who asked him to present the bill again on Friday, which he agreed to do. Witness, however, went to see the bank manager at the London and County Bank, Wimbledon, when the bill was produced on Jan. 23rd, and, in consequence, of what he was told did not again pay in the bill.—Detective Henry Goddard, W Division, gave formal evidence of arrest. Prisoner, when arrested, said "I will not give you any trouble, I drew the bill and signed it 'Henry Richardson' myself; I meant to pay the money before the bill fell due, only my brother-in-law did not pay in the money he owed me; it was all 'bogey' that I told Jarvis about Richardson, if I had got the money I would have destroyed the bill.—Remanded till Wednesday.

He was too soft hearted and let people run up bills that they did not pay. He also sometimes acted as security for other people's debts. He, therefore, could not pay his own bills and spent many years running away from his creditors and working very hard by taking over empty shops and working up the business, then having to move on again. He was also a bit partial to women.

JARVIS—At his late residence, 241 Hunter street, on Thursday, May 21, 1914, William Hugh Jarvis, aged 70 years. Funeral from J.H. Robinson and Company's chapel, on Monday, at 2 p.m., to Hamilton cemetery.

The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.

In the County Court of Kent, holden at Rochester.

In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Charles Wallace Jarvis, of 84, Regent's-place, New-road Chatham, and East-end, High-street, Chatham, both in the county of Kent Coach Builder.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a First General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named person has been summoned to be held at the King's Head Hotel, High-street, Rochester, in the county of Kent, on the 15th day of January, 1883, at three o'clock in the afternoon precisely.―Dated this 13th day of December, 1882.

H. C. KNIGHT, 1, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, London, Solicitor for the said Debtor.

The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.

In the County Court of Kent, holden at Rochester.

In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Charles Wallace Jarvis, of 84, Regent's-place, New-road Chatham, and East-end, High-street, Chatham, both in the county of Kent Coach Builder.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a Second General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named person has been summoned to be held at Mr. Mott's office, Chatham Intra, Rochester, in the county of Kent, on the 26th day of January, 1883, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely.―Dated this 18th day of January, 1883.

H. C. KNIGHT, 1, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, London, Solicitor for the said Debtor.

as Maud H.; shop assistant (confectioner's), living with her husband (confectioner, sweet shop) at 342 High Street, Rochester St Margaret

 Ernest John Edgar Haynes (1902–1902)

I think she was a schoolteacher, living alone in Gillingham. Before the war she visited my Father fairly frequently. I remember her as very deaf, consulting Father about the Prize Crossword Puzzle in her weekly magazine "Titbits" and another competition called "Nuggets" I think – original pithy phrases which she composed. I don't remember her winning a prize. She exchanged her copy of Titbits when she had finished it with Father's copy of "Answers" so for a time I had two weekly papers to read, in addition to my Mother's weekly papers, our children's comics and the Children's Newspaper by Arthur Mee. Your Mother met Aunt Maud when she first visited Gillingham before we were married in 1941 and Aunt Maud commented to my Mother later that I had chosen exactly the right person for my bride.