title: The Ponson Case
author:  Freeman Wills Crofts 
description: Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) was an Irish writer of mysteries, and considered to be one of the big four of the Golden Age of detective fiction. He originally pursued a career in engineering working for the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. He turned to writing during an extended illness in 1919 and produced his first book, The Cask. He wrote over forty books over his career, many of them featuring his most famous character, Inspector French.
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  # Martin Hewitt, Investigator
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Arthur Morrison
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
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  I. THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES.
  
  
  II. THE LOSS OF SAMMY CROCKETT.
  
  
  III. THE CASE OF MR. FOGGATT.
  
  
  IV. THE CASE OF THE DIXON TORPEDO.
  
  
  V. THE QUINTON JEWEL AFFAIR.
  
  
  VI. THE STANWAY CAMEO MYSTERY.
  
  
  VII. THE AFFAIR OF THE TORTOISE.
  
  
  
  
      
  
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  MARTIN HEWITT, INVESTIGATOR.
  
  
  By Arthur Morrison
  
  
  1894
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### I. THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  Those who retain any memory of the great law cases of fifteen or
  
  
  twenty years back will remember, at least, the title of that
  
  
  extraordinary will case, “Bartley _v_. Bartley and others,” which
  
  
  occupied the Probate Court for some weeks on end, and caused an amount
  
  
  of public interest rarely accorded to any but the cases considered in
  
  
  the othe