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'Mainspring' of Mayfair Thieves Gets 3 Years
Judge on Crime Under
Cloak of Friendship
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THE following sentences were passed by the
EMPIRE NEWS
AIR PATROL
Recorder, Sir Gerald Dodson, at the Old Bailey NORTH AUSTRALIA recently on the four men accused in the Mayfair jewel thefts caso:
Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 23 (son of Lord Herbert Hervey and nephew of the Marquis of Bristol), was sent to penal servitude for three years.
William Goodwin (30) received two years' imprisonment; George Ernest Arthur Hering (23), 18 months, and Geoffrey Coop (24), nine months.
DARWIN.. The North Australian Air Force:
station will be opened about a year before it was expected. with the
arrival here shortly of a skeleton unit. consisting of one squadron of Avro-Anson bombers.
The Federal Government has given) no explanation of the move, but it is understood to be due to the growing warld tension.
Smith airport, this being the first The squadron will use the Ross
The Recorder told Hervey that he realised he was the main-spring of the complrneles and that tho being drunke in charge of a car he crimes were of the meanest descrip- found when he returned to his unit occasion on which an Air Force sta- ilon. "How low you have stooped that some privileges had been deniedtion has you alone know," declared them, so he deserted.
judge.
To Hering the Recorder sald: "Your part in this Is of the meanest kind. You betrayed a friend, Mre. Brubeny."
Former Publle School Hoy
nerodrome.
been opened un a civil!
Portable steel huts and hangars have been erected for the acecmine- dation of men and machinea,
Inspector Berry sald that Hering had appeared at Westminster in 1933
The bombers will be engaged in when he was discharged under the reconnaissance duly, probably com- Probation of Offenders Act on pay-bining consiguard service end Hervey and Goodwin had been ment of costs for attempted false pre-patrolling of the Timor and Arafura the ferase guilty of conspiring with tences. He was a married others to steal property belonging to separated from his wife, and had one SOUTH AFRICA
inan coastline. Airs. Daubeny, of Queen Street, child aged three. Mayfair. and Mrs. Gabrielle Burley, of Seymour Place, Park Lane.
He, too, was a former public school boy.
Hering who has been referred to by the prosecution as Peter Proud) Lutely, Hering had been more of and Coop had pleaded guilty to con-less living by his wits. spiring to steal Jewellery belonging) to Mrs. Daubeny. Hering and also pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal Birs. Burley's properly.
Three-Day Trial During the three-day trial, Hering gave evidence for the prosecution.
GERMAN PURCHASES OF MANGANESE
CAPE TOWN. South African exports materials to Germany particularly Germany. considerably in recent
ut raw and Italy, have grown
July 21, 1939.
Lõhnary, Suprema Count
The Duchess of Kent receives a bouquet from a youngster during visit at Chelsea Babies' Club.
Emir's Son Gets Thrill
Twopence
AN
For
present Germany is by far the big-
years, At N African prince, Usman Liman, 39-year-old
Goodwin was sentenced to three months hard labour in 1930 for being a suspected person and was fined £2 in the same year for estreating his bail. In 1832 he was sentenced to 18 gest importer of the Union's man- months hurd labour. He took an Indian student out, got him very drunk, und stole £25, from him. In
Coop was a former pubile schoolboy hard inbour for house-breaking and Detective Inspector Berry suld that 1935 he was sentenced to 12 months and had gone to a milltary college. larceny and in 1937 to two months He obtained a commission in an hard labour for being a suspected infantry regiment in January, 1935, person lottering for the purpose of but because he was unable to keep house-breaking. oul of debt and beenuse he was con-
ganese.
£4,092,330
valued
son of the Emir of Katsina, who arrived in Last year Germany heated the ist England on Tuesday by air from Kano, Nigeria, on
worth of exports, as the Union's chief foreign pur- his first visit, had the biggest thrill of his life re- chaser, having takten £4,982,050 in
compared with cently for two-pence. 1037. exported raw materials were 234,000
Among the Accompanied by a reporter and Mr. P. F. Masterman- tons of manganese ore, £355,237, copper bar to the value of
at Smith, an English official from Nigeria, he made his first nected with numerous worthless! "He will not tell me anything of £44,492, and 0,380 centals of scrap trip on the London Underground Railway. theques and appeared to have had what he has been doing since he was metal valued at £0,870. no interest in his work, he was called released from prison in May, 1037,"alo purchased a considerable quan-
Germany Usman had heard many wonderful tales about London, but on to resign in December that year, added the inspector. "He is an ex-tity of copper ore from South west he was sceptical about the railway that "travelled under the
About
time an allowance pert house-breaker." which he had from his family ceased.
Africa valued at £47,154, and £97-houses and streets." 897 worth of vanadium ore. He was Inter a salesman selling slik |
When I met the Emir (states the reporter) and his two sons at stockings, and In February, 1937, hel
their London hotel, ivrites a News Chronicle reporter, they greeted me by taking my hand in both of theirs.
enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance
Corp as a private.
He came to London in April, 1830. and as a result of being convicted of
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"Domination"
ever had no trevious convice
Aided Man Of 80 -Was Killed
college in February, 1034. In Novem school and went into a milltary her, 1934, on the advice of the com mandant, his father applied for him AN allegation that a man was killed to be wihdrawn.
"Hervey tells me," said Inspector Berry, "that since then he has been engaged in armainent deals,
"There is no doubt that for some lime past he has been indulging his
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criminal tendencies. associate of persons in the West End who live by their wits,
"There is no doubt that he is the ringleader in this case.""
so,
when he went to the aid of an-
other man, aged 80, was made it Skipton, Yorkshire, recently,
Change In Army Council
To See Royal Show The Emir, who is a keen agricul turist, and a good Judge of horses, is looking forward to seeing the Royal Show at Windsor. His younger
son, Negogo, who speaks English fluently has been in Richard William Matthews, 57-
A change in the constitution of the England before. He is going to car-old quarryman, of Barnoldswick, Amy Council was notified in a re- Rochampton this afternoon to see the
Harold Brown, Director-General of Usman should make a trip on the cent "London Gazeite." The ccclpole and is looking forward to a game of it is that Engineer Vice-Adml.. Sirin England himself.
The Emir was quite willing that Munitions Production, is no longer n nicinber,
was charged with the
murder
of
William Taylor, deputy at Craven Lodging House, Barnoldswick.
The prosecuting solicitor said Mot- thews would not have the protection of the defence of drink, because he was not drunk.
CHALLENGE_TO_FIGHT.
Underground. Usman, for the trip, banged his fez for a large loosely The poul of Director-General of tied white turban, and wore shoes. Munitions Production was created in 1936. In
As we go nearer the station his 1937, when th Counel! was reorganised, Sir Harold waned. He did not like going down Army enthusiasm for the outing somewhat Brown was appointed to take over the the steps ut the station entrance dulies of Master-General of the "under the street." Ordnance-from Lt Gen. SIF Hugh Eltes, who relinquished that post "to
He wanted to see the train. facilitate a reorganisation" under!
"A-Litile Frightened" which
"I am a little frightened," he con- the two departments
were fessed. "Where do we find the train, merged.
It seems that in 'future the Army
and where does it come out?"
Mr. Masterman-Smith explained Council will not have either a Direc-that we went down the Hit, which ator-General of Munitions Production was like a deep well in his own or a Master-General of the Ordnance, country, and that the train travelled This suggests that the setting up of along a tunnel to another station, the Ministry of Supply, at present where we came above ground through only in an embryo state, has been another similar well. anticipated.
Usman was amazed at the speed of The duties connected with the the lift, and drew back in alarm when Ordnance will continue to be done by the train roared out of the tunnel. Although Sir Harold Brown has not teeth at the wonder of the doors that He sucked his breath through his yet left the War Office, sections of his opened themselves, and watched the department are dally being removed walls of the tunnel open-eyed as the to the Adelphi, where the Minister of train sped along. Supply is to have his new quarters.
Asked by the Recorder if the police had received any information from He had been visiting certam clubs, the accused men that might lead to and returned to the lodging house the recovery of the Jewellery, Ins-perfectly cober, it was suggested. pector Berry said that noŋe had been recovered-ni-no-information-had- been volunteered by any of them.
He made his way to a room where Hering had stated that he was act-cooking took place. He was in a inst under the threats of lerves, and truculent mood and threw out a gen- he (the inspector) believed that was eral challenge, to fight.
He also thought that Hervey had he would like to be quiet
William Henry Ward, aged 80, sald; pecular domination and power Jover the other three men.
Matthews advanced in such threatening way that Taylor sald, Redeem the Past"
"Do not strike the old man."
Then Matthews, added the solic The Recorder, passing sentence.tor, made a rush at Taylor, knocked said that the only difficult feature was him and the old man to the floor, to know how to apportion blume and kicked Taylor in the stomach. fairly and to allot the punishment, The unfortunate feature of the case, Matthews, it was alleged, sold, the Director-General of Munitions.
While Taylor was groaning there. which perhaps did not apply to Goodwill learn thee from Interfering"- win so much as to the other three, and kicked him savagely was that craft and gulle had been face,
in the used by men of education. They had used fie cloak of friendship
Matthews pleaded not guilty, and cral the commission of crime.
was committed for trial.
con-
only hope," he added, "that all you, certainly those who have the advantage of birth and education, will have suffelent manhood in you when this punishment is over that you will redeem the past. There is no reason why you should Brow up the
pange,"
مم
"Adam" As A Shilling Show at Blackpool
Mr. Jacob
Epstein,
Fleet Street.
soine muscum. But what is an artist'
He would give no opinion about the trip while the Journey lasted, but as soon as we were safe on the platform he said:
"I was very much afite all the Lime. I do not want to go again."
He tucked up his burnous and hurried up the states to the Hifi and found himself at the foot of the escalator.
the top without accident.
Mrs. Daubený and Mrs. Burley were women who could truly say, "Save me from my friends"-though
A burnous is not the most practical Chop was
Interviewed to do? He must sell his work. That arment for negolinting an escalator concerned only in the recently on the proposed exhibition Is all I can say.".
In the ruch-hour, but we all got to stealing from Mrs. Daubeny.
The Recorder told Goodwin: "The pool at a shilling a time, said:
of his new statue "Adam" at Black- way of the amateur criminal is hard,
"My first reaction was roge. I on second
but the way of the professional is wanted to stop it. But lisastrous, and the wages of it are thoughts I have changed my mind. ruinous. You compete with the law. After all, art is for everybody or it is
THE BLACKPOOL EXHIBITION
Once again you have been found out." nothing. My statucs are not made "Very High Class Way"
To Hervey he said: "It is sold that just for the intellectuals of London.
for every man there is a high way Let us see what the average man and You have chosen the woman think of my Adam. Let us
and a low.
lew way of living and it has led you hear what the people of Lancashire for the exhibition of Into your present position-into the live to say about it.. shadow and doom of this disaster.
You
Arrangements have been.concluded "Adum," the Intest work of Jacob Epstein, 1 have nisused your talents,i
Blackpool during the season, Mr. "WHAT BLACKPOOL, SAYS" thrown away your opportunities and|
Lawrence Wright, the producer and "If the statue is properly shown to music publiaber, states that he pro- been unfaithful to every trust you them as a work of art, mich have held,
not as poses to exhibit the "Adam" statue sensational exhibition peep-show, until the close of the season in "I realise that you were the main-I have no objection at all. On the Blackpool, when he Inends to take it spring of this conspiracy ** con- whole, I feel now that it is rather to New York, spiracies and they are crimes of the a compliment. I shall be mos! meanest description."
Mr. Wright said that the statue triterested to hear whit Blackpool will be on show at the "Castle," a hollány crowds have to sity. Perhaps buliding on North Shore that has they will not reject it as the Tate been empty for thirty years. The Gallery would have rejected it, as building is being claborately rexic. the Tate Gallery did reject my corated, and the statue, said Mr. "Genesis": when it was offered to Wright, will be shown in a very them.
high class way." or "As for the owner, honestly I don't Mr.. Wright says that, he does noi know who he is or what is his name. know the name of the owner of the But assuredly I have not got £7,000 statue, but he is emphatic that Mr. for the statue or anything like it.Epsiein cannot object to the proposed. Financially the sale has pronted me exhibition. "He cannot object," he very little. It is said that the owner sald firmly. "The statue has been: is on Australian goldminer. Well, bought outright without restrictions perhaps he is. 1 don't know. It is or conditions." Admission nothis to do with me, Perhaps the shilling a head, he added, "will bring statue should have been bought for £20,000 to Blackpool.
BOY FINDS PEARL ON SEASHORE
JAN BELL, 18-years-old col- ton apprentice of Birkenhead- ronal. Micols (Cheshire), was walking along Hoylake shore when he picked up a musel shell. Inside it was a genuine pearl,
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