Departures of note

Hardy claimed that he was attached to the staff of the Duke of Connaught, later travelled to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and became a high‑profile editor at a news agency before being falsely accused of forgery and returning to Britain.

In 1910, Hardy forged a cheque by convincing a fellow train passenger that he had money in America, gaining access to her cheque book in her Croydon home, forging her signature, and was tried under the alias Hall Frankland, resulting in a second seven‑year term at Dartmoor Prison.