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GARAGE-SHOOTING.

DRAMATIC INQUEST STORY.

CORONER AND RIGHT TO KILL.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1926

INTER-EMPIRE TRADE.»

TWENTY YEARS' GROWTE.

NEW MARKETS I FOR OLD.

A dramatic story of the midnight: The House of Commons went into Com tragedy at the lonely Ace Garage on the mittee on July 21st to consider a "money cross-roads near Green-lans, Eltham, was resolution authorising the Treasury to told at the inquest at Ladywell, Lewis guarantee a loan not exceeding £4,500,000! ham, on July qist, on James Albert, aged to be raised by the Government of 24, of Balin-place, Lorg-lane, Bar-Palestine, and a loan-not exceeding mondsey, who was shot while in the £10,000,000 to be raised by the Govern

of Kenya, Uganda, Northern garage. Charles Follen, of Long-lane, ments who was with Albert, lies in Lewisham Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Tanganyika.. Hospital in a critical condition from a Mr. Amery (Colonial Secretary), moy- bullet wound. The coroner, Major W. Hing the financial resolution, said the Whitehouse, sat with a jury, and there Committee was being asked to approve was keen public interest in the proceed of the general principle of an Imperial ings..

guarantee to a series of loans by some six or seven Colonial Governments. The prospects of our trade with Europe since the war had changed very queh, and the need of an alternative and expanding market more particularly for our manu factures, was obvious. He did not think

The coroner said he did not propose to go very far with the case as there was another person whose presence was desirable. What had happened was that one person, who was alleged to have com mitted an unlawful act, was shot. There

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law which were very, very important.

our excess of imports from that great. country largely represented the annual from Europe all who sought Trade, Adventure or Gain. return upon our immense investments. These investments were sacrificed in order to help us in winning the war, and today we bought something like

The first was how far had any individual the right to defend his person, his liberty or property against unlawful violence or force. The answer was very involved and obscure, and it did not admit of be- ing given with dogmatic "certainty. There was the necessity, on the one hard, of allowing a citizen to retain, and de £200,000,000 a year more from the United To-day it is rapidly becoming known as one of the Gems of the fend his rights, and there was the neces-

States than they bought from us. We Pacific-The Pearl of the Orient-and attracts Tourists and Visitors sity, on the other hand, af suppressing had also to pay large sums annually in private warfare If they had private clearance of our honourable debt obliga- from all parts of the world. warfare in this country things would be tions, and anything that would enable us unbearable. In defence of liberty and to draw upon other sources than the personal property a man might lawfully United States-especially upon sources use a3 amount of force which was both inked with our financial system-would necessary--not more than enough to attmensely ease the position, as it would tain its object and reasonable, or pro- also be eased in so far as we could estab portionate, namely, which did not inflict lish credits in the Empire by the sale of on the injured mischief out of propor- cur manufactures, which would be paid tion to the injury. A man defending his off to the United States by our raw rights might not use unnecessary or un material and other products from the reasonable force. In defence of life and Empire itself. limb, however, a man might be justified in using force as might cause death.

Evidence of identification was given by the father, John Albert, who said that his son, a paper packer's warehouseraan, was out of work. He was one of the best of sons."

TRADE WITH THE COLONIES.

The expansion of our trade in the Em- pire had been a marked feature of pur whole economic situation during the last twenty years, and, within that Imperial expansion, the expansion of our trade The Coroner Had he ever been in with the Colonial Empire had been the trouble -Yes, I must admit it, when he

most striking feature. Our exports from yas a child. He got a bit excited and this country to the Colonial Empire were was locked

for being disorderly on a £17,500,000 in 1908, and £62,000,000 in Sunday morning. He added that hisses, and they were mainly manufactures. son had been sent to Borstal when he was 14 years of age."

Is it a fact that he had been associating with a bad lot of fellows reccüily / Not

that I am aware oL

GARAGE PROPRIETOR'S STORY.

Arthur Cuthbert Brodie, garage_pto- prietor, of Danogan-gardens, Eltham, was cautioned by the coroner, but on the advice of his solicitor, Mr. Chard, he elected to give evidence. He stated that he was proprietor of the Ace Garage; and said that during the time he had been there the garage had been broken in on three occasions previous to the tragedy. On the first £100 worth of goods had been stolen, and on the second” occasion £20 worth. The third burglary occurred six weeks ago, and the claim în respect of that was £120. In consequence of these burglaries witness applied for a pistol, as he kept a lot of money and stock in the garage, and it was granted on April 9th. Subsequently he applied for an extension of the license in respect of a rifle he wanted for rook ond rabbit shooting. That was granted “and the rifle was purchased in April.

The Coroner: Where did you propose to get your rook and rabbit shooting:➡| On a farm near by.

Our imports from the Colonial Empire, mainly essential raw materials and food- studs, were £18,000,000 in 1903, and | koors,000 in 1923, bast-Africa-bad-ce qu tainly not been behind the rest of the Colonial Empire in development, even under the present conditions of transport and communication. Between 1901 and 1925 there had been the following in- crease in trade-

Nyassaland.-Exports,

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The magnificent vessels of the Java-China-Japan Line sail £564,000; importa, £134,000 to £581,000 direct to Batavia, or to-Sourabaya via Macassar, and give the Uganda-Exports, £32,000 to over traveller the added charm of a sea voyage through Calm and £3,000,000; imports, £63,000 to £2,583,000.

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Kenya-Exports, £71,000 to £2,725,000; imports, £134,000 to £591,000.

S.S. "TJIMANOEK" August 20th. S.S. "TJIKEMBANG" August 26th."

The Return Fare to Batavia from Hongkong is $300,

The figures were of considerable en- couragement for the future. The policy of using our finances to develop the re- sources of the Empire was one which was: put in the forefront by the present Prime Minister and endorsed by his followers, but it was in ao sense a policy on which East Indies from they differed-from-the-members opposite.

Mr. Ramsden (U. Bradford, N.) con sidered that East Africa could become the El Dorado of the twentieth century.

Sir P. Richardson (U. Chertsey) said The found he could walk about in East On Sunday, July 18th," proceeded Africa much more safely than in the East- witness, I was in the garage all day und of London, because the native was with my assistant, Horace Taylor At entirely satisfied that the white man was 11.30 at night we went for a coffee to the there as his friend and not to exploit him. 'coffee-stall at the opposite side of the road, and then we went back to the

garage about midnight, where we had two there was blood on his side and shoulder. hammocks slung up. I fell asleep, but Then I saw Taylor and the other man was wakened up shortly after by bear struggling for the possession of the rifle, ing somebody trying to force the door. As the men were about to fall I heard I warned Taylor, and then, slipping out of my hammock, went quietly down a report. I could not see in which direc stairs. We heard a voice at the far end.

tion they were falling. I was quite close

I thought somebody had got into the to them, but only had a momentary stores, and as I got to the door leading glance of them. They were both falling from the garage through, the stores up and stood beside the man. I went when the report was heard. Taylor got heard the crash of breaking glass coming back to the garage and phoned the from the far end. I crept forward quiet police. After that I went back to see ly and saw the figure of a man inside how the man was and to see if I could I called Taylor to come away. I then ran forward quickly and heard a voice do anything for him Then I went back sayStand back. I stood still, and again to get a doctor, whom I met on the something was thrown past my head. It way. The ambulance came later. I saw subsequently turned out to he a piece four-seater car at the side of the of concrete. I heard it strike the wall road, pointing in the direction of Lon behind me. I then took the pistol which don. No one was in charge of it. I had put in my pocket before coming downstairs, and told the man to stop or I would Gre. There was a scramble.

"GOVERNOR, I AM DONE." The Coroner: What do you mean by a scrumble I don't know exactly what was happening. Things were "falling about, and there was a noise of a man moving hurriedly. After telling the pran to-stop, I-fired-with-the-revolver, but The Edreman: How many shots were not with the intention of hitting him, fired One, to the best of my know- but causing him to stop."

ledke.

Producing a revolver, the coroner said, "This is your revolver 1"

Witness: Yes; it is an automatic Colt, holding seven cartridges..

The Coroner: I think you are a good shot?-I am with a rifle.

The Foreman of the July: The jury wishes to know whether the shot was fired in the dark or with the light oa?

Witness: In the dark.

The Coroner: You know that two cartridge cases were found? In the face of that evidence do you still say that you only fired one shot? I have no recollec- tion whatever of having fired two.

Was the man inside actually 1-Yes. How do you know1-Because after I fired I saw him go out through the win dow. The workshop and the garage are all one building. All this time Taylor was in the garage. He switched on the light in the store. We both went to the door and unbolted it and ran out. to release the shot 7-When the first one

With an automatic pistol you have only to keep your finger on the trigger

I had my revolver in my pocket. I any has gone you only need slight pressure. two men running in the direction of for the second.

Mottingham, and went after them and In the excitement of the moment you caught one I put my arm around him, might release two To the best of my and he "I am sorry, governor; I knowledge I only fired one.

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am. done." I asked him if he was burt, Dr. Horace Townshend stated that the and he said, "Yes," pointing to his side, bullet, had passed through Albert'e arm, I put him on the ground, and found his lungs, and his heart.

(Continued an next eclumn.)... The inquiry was adjourned.

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