Thank-you Richard. I am sure you are better informed. I had always thought that although the charges proven against Aitken were relatively trivial, the real unpleasantness of his gun running activities was never really brought before the courts. Were not the libel suits a result of him being able to conceal those?
As for Maxwell, the question still remains why he was still able to bully and intimidate for years after he was suspected of being what he was - a bankrupt crook.
To some extent it is gratifying to know that occasionally one of the big boys gets caught and punished. It would comfort a lot of us to know that other big scale financial hoods might have to face the law.