Raeburn said that when Robinson had served his sentence he started life afresh and steadily built up a good position, When he came out of prison, however, he was blackmailed by a man whom he met there. Robinson in course of time sold his personal belongings—his wedding ring, his own manuscripts, and everything he could—to satisfy the blackmailer. He showed a dealer the Lawrence of Arabia manuscripts to prove that. he was writing a book about him, and the dealer then suggested that if he was in a position to sell those manuscripts a very good price could be obtained.. Robinson was a very sick man, and there-was no doubt at the time he was in a state of mental instability which made him yield to the temptation to sell these manu, scripts, "I have listened with a good deal of sympathy to what counsel has said on your behalf," the Magistrate (Mr.
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