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The News Democrat
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania issues requisition on New York Gov. Hughes for George H. Proctor, indicted in Fayette County in September 1905 for false pretenses totaling nearly $40,000. Convicted but not sentenced, Proctor fled; now wanted for sentencing after failing to repay victims.
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C. H. PROCTOR
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 26.—Gov. Stuart has issued a requisition on Gov. Hughes of New York for the return to Fayette county of George H. Proctor of New York, who was indicted in the Fayette county courts in September, 1905, on six separate bills of indictment, each charging false pretense. The amount Proctor is alleged to have secured by false representations from the people of Fayette county was nearly $40,000.
He was arrested in Philadelphia and taken to Uniontown, where he was tried on one of the indictments and convicted. On another indictment he entered a plea of nolle contendere. He was called for sentence, but was never sentenced, the court allowing him to go for a short time so that he could raise $40,000 and pay back to the people the money he is alleged to have taken from them.
Proctor has failed to settle as required by the court, and he is now wanted at Uniontown for sentence. The Title Guaranty and Surety company of Scranton, which furnished a bond for him of $15,000, has notified him several times to go to Uniontown, but he has paid no attention.
District Attorney Hudson of Fayette county applied to Gov. Stuart recently for requisition papers so that Proctor might be taken to Uniontown for sentence.
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Fayette County, Pennsylvania; New York; Philadelphia; Uniontown; Scranton
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September 1905
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George H. Proctor indicted on six counts of false pretense for defrauding Fayette County residents of nearly $40,000. Arrested, convicted on one count, pled nolle contendere on another. Allowed time to repay $40,000 but fled; now subject to requisition for sentencing.