Hermione Wrote:
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> mstower Wrote:
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> > We see that the Vyse material (in what was to have
> > been HOAX II) has been consigned to two
> > appendices: “APPENDIX 1 Portrait of a Fraud:
> > Analysis of Colonel Vyse’s Activities” and
> > “APPENDIX 2 Mounting Evidence: New Confirmation of
> > Vyse’s Deceit”.
>
> Howard Vyse's supposed "deceit" has been
> extensively discussed on this forum and several
> others.
>
> As we know, it's claimed that he acted
> fraudulently to obtain a seat in Parliament
> (except that he was never found guilty of any such
> crime); and supposedly forged the cartouche name
> of Khufu inside the relieving chambers of the
> Great Pyramid (except that neither he nor anyone
> else in 1837 would have had the necessary
> knowledge to carry out such an exercise).

It is not clear from the names of these appendices how much Creighton is still trying to make of the electoral episode. Close attention to the law as it stood in 1807—statute and case law—suggests that Vyse did not act unlawfully. Creighton contributed (more vehemently than cogently) to discussions in which this point was raised, so he is perfectly well aware of it.

In any case, we may on past experience fairly discount Creighton’s implied promises as bluster.

M.