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FORMER court reporter John Hoskins looks back at a case from the archives.
Has he received a blow so forceful to his head that it had unhinged his mind and clouded his judgement? Such was the basis of the defence when Henry Smith appeared at Hampshire Michaelmas Sessions in 1881, charged with obtaining money by false pretences.
Jurors heard Smith, 24, had an account with bankers in Norfolk until he told he was overdrawn and with the return of his bank book, had it closed.
Two days later, Smith stayed at the Pier Hotel in Ryde where he asked the manager William Wilkinson if he would cash a £10 cheque for him. Believing it was above board and drawn on the bank, he agreed. Smith did not sign the cheque in the usual manner, only placing his initials on the stamp, but later signed it. ....

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