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January 27, 1940.
4 Jurors Fall Out from a Long Inquest
IF ANOTHER GOES IT WILL
HAVE TO BE RESTARTED
THE LONGEST London inquest within living memory--the inquiry into the great fire and explosion in Knightrider-street last August-has to be adjourned because of the illness of a juror.
The news of this juror's illness caused consternation when the court assembled for the 21st hearing of the
inquiry.
SPAIN'S AID
FOR FINNS
The juror is the fourth who for one reason or another has fallen out since the Inquest opened, and If another should be Incapacitated the whole of the inquiry, which has already involved enormous ex- pense and taken up the time of scores of counsel and witnesses.
Franco Sends Arms have to be started again.
And Volunteers
The explosion, which injured more ther 100 persons, destroyed the his- turie Doctors' Commons and caused curred on August 4. The acting City soroner, Mr. Miner Helme, opened the inquest on August 15, with a
of 11.
HENDAYE-Nationalist Spain is widespread dunage to properly, oe- preparing to pay an outstanding debt to Finland.
During the Civil War the Finnish Minister in Madrid took many re- jury fugees under the protection of his flag.
An inquest jury need not bumber more than seven, but as the inquiry
His legallon was finally raided by was bound to last a long time 11 the Hted militia and hundreds of un- jurors were empanelled to provide fortunates were dragged out to death a margin for emergencies.
olhern,
or captivity. Nevertheless, Finland's Before the inquest had been in many hundred progress long, one of the jurors had to Intercession saved
be excused on account of deafness.
Then another one was diequalified because he turned up late and roissed Yet another some of the evidence. was taken ill with arthritis, and so
Finland's brave resistance to Rus sian aggression has deeply impressed Spain and the recent victories were hailed with joy.
A reception in honour of M. Win- the number was reduced to eight- ekelmann, the Finnish Minister In just one over the minimum.
Madrid, organized by the Fatongista
Visit To House
This morning when the nethug
new organ Alcazar on January 5, was made the occasion for a pubite mani- festation of the sympathy not only coroner look his seat he was told that Juror had been taken of the Spanish people but of the another
at once oficial world. Admiral Basterreche seriously . The coroner
visit the represented the Navy and General adjourned the inquest to Moscardo,
military juror's house. chief of the
On returning to court he announced household of the Generalissimo, at- tended, together with Ministers and that the doctor who had seen
juror was not willing to express an opinion na to it and when he would be able to attend court again. An
other representative offelals.
Deeper Than Gratitude
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The motives for Spanit sympathy examination was to be made by a to Finland go far deeper than grati-second doctor.
tude, now that Finland is in her turn resisting Soviet aggression, more direct and on a far greater scale than the Red menace to Spain.
The inquest was then adjourned until Monday when, said the acting coroner, the inquent would be con- tinued with a minimum number of Jurors if the one who was I was still not fit to attend.
the
He suggested that it was not worth Increasing the already
As a sincere member of the Anti- Comintern Pact and one who has
Mr. A. T. Miller, K.C., who is re- always precialmed that the Western Powers must band themselves against presenting the Gas Light and Coke Rusala or face the danger of being Company, urged strongly that
General Franco Jury had already heard enough overwhelmed, though, no party to the decisions at evidence to ascertain the cause of the verdict should be re- Geneva, feels bound to contribute as fire and tut effectively as possible to Finland's turned forthwith. resistance which, magnificently suc- cessful as it is in the initial stage, while cannot be expected to outlast Rus-enormous expense of the inquest. There was a serious possibility that sian-resources..
"If_the_"inquest continued for another Width Of Europe The whole width Europe 20 or 30 days yet another furor might
ot separates Spain from Finland, and fall, and the whole preceedings to be done over a the dificulties of transport are almost would have insurmountable; but, according to second time.
The acting coroner said he wES the latest reports reaching the fron- tier, a plan is being thought out toware of the necessity of ending the convey to Finland some of Spain's inquest as soon as possible but it surplus war stock, with, it is believed, would, nevertheless, be necessary to
call more witnesses. n number of volunteers.
There are many difficulties in the way, including In all probability from the German damping advice Embassy in Spain. If the plan suc-| cessfully matures, it will bo yet an- other proof of that independence of polley which General Franco has
chosen.
TOO MANY CONFESSIONS
Recorder Is "Amazed"
HE Recorder of Liverpool (Mr. E.
cently.
"Having sat here as Recorder of Liverpool for more than thirty years, I should like to sny 1,am not the only one who is amazed at the great in}~ crease in the number of confessions tendered by the police in evidence.
"I have come to the conclusion that these confessions are increas Inr, and in the interesis of Inslice ogshit to be diminished."
He said that he had decided not to admit in the evidence of the pro- secution a statement alleged to have been written after his arrest by John Leonard Hammond, aged 28, railway porter, of Marmaduke-street, Liver pool, who, on the direction of the Re- corder, was acquitted of charges of assnall on women and girls.
The Recorder held that the state- ment was not free and voluntary.
Britain Sends 300 Germans Home Again
Three hundred German men, wo men and children, all "not militarily eMelent" are being repatriated fo Germany from. Internment camps In
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They will soon be, fallowed by more. Nearly 1,000 Germans, were interned at the outbreak of war, and 188 have been releured on parole.
TECHNICAL LECTURE
The second serles of technleni lectures arranged by the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders begon
yesterday, when Prof. F. A. Redmond gave a talk on "Optical Methods of Measuring Distances,"
Mr. P. V. Reveley will speak on "Television" on February 23, and on March 29, Wing Cmdr. A. H. Stoele Perkins will give 赴 lecture on Chemical Warfare under present con- ditions.
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