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JANUAR TUESDAY, JANUARY - 18, 1938,

Alleged Incidents With "Mr. X" In Bedroom at Naval "Barracks

NAVAL OFFICER CASE: 3 SENTENCED

GIRL CHANGES

DEATH HIS PORTION

SEX TWICE

Athens,

A girl became a boy, fell in love

with her playmate, and then turned back into a girl before his-her marriage.

That is the puzzling life and Jove story of Georgette Nassouri, 20- year-old Athenion girl.

Georgelle was a girl until she was

13 years old: Then she began to

change. Her parents consulted a

doctor.

HE FELL IN LOVE... Georgette was turning into a boy. An operation was performed to complete the change.

And

Georgette became George. George fell in love with the girl who uscel to sit next to Georgelto in school.

A

The wedding day was fixed. Then to the horror of the Nassouri family, George rapidly began changing sex again,

Another consultation with speela- Ilsts, another operation.

.. And George became Georgette again.

Now she is going on a world tour so that specialists in many countries

may investigate her case,

HANDS TIED behind him, a Chinoso sniper in civilian clothes - is arrested and taken to Japanese army hoadquarters. After questioning there, it was quite likely he was executed.

+

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By a remarkable feat of surgery, a nail two and a half inches long was removed from a child's right lung at the Hobart General Hospital, Tasmania.

was

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Remarkable Career Of Man Who Posed

As Doctor

FOUND GUILTY at Hampshire Assizes at Winchester of

conspiring to demand money with menaces from a Portsmouth naval officer, who has been referred to as Mr. X, two men and a woman have been sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment. The sentences were—.

Thomas Ronald Hyman Max Davies (34), of Nightingale Road," Southsea, four years' penal servitudo..

Charles Thomas Duke (43), taxicab-driver, of Frecgrové Road, Holloway, London, eighteen months hard labour.

Gwendoline Davies (22), of Nightingale Road, Southsen, nine months' imprisonment.

Thomas Davies was found guilty on ten counts and had pleaded guilty to a charge bigamy, relating to the woman Gwendoline Davies.

On the Judge's direction Gwendoline Davies was found not guilty on eight of the counts. She was found guilty of conspiracy to fraud and conspiracy to demund money with

menaces.

Duke was found not guilty on two of the charges alleging the demanding of money with menaces and attempting to ob- tain money by false pretences on August 13.

The prosecution alleged that there was a plot to obtain money from Mr. X following his meeting with Gwendoline Davies, Thomas Davies telling him that divorce "proceedings were contemplated.

The trial of a fourth defendant, George Hardy Bain (58), solicitor, of Waldemar Mansions. Fulham, has been postponed un- til the next assizes because of his serious illness.

In his summing-up Mr. Justice Tucker said that the jury's - ́verdict could not affect' Bain in the least one way or the other.

They had pleaded not guilty to Mr. Trapnell: You told Hes to Duke ten counts on an indictment jointly in order to help you to extort money charging them with demanding £140 from Mr. X? No. I told les to with menaces from Mr. X, conspiring Duke in order to get him as a witness to obtain the same sum by false pre- for the statement signed by Mr. X. tences, and attempting to obtain this amount by false pretences.

It was alleged by the prosecution

The outstanding feature of the operation, says Austral News, the fact that the nall had been there for six years, and had become em- scope was used for the operation. of £47,000,000, has been approved up to,October 31.last.

Mr. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Transport, asked in the House of Com-that the defendants threatened Mr. mons recently how for the Government's £100,000,000 five-year old pro-X that he would be made co- respondent in divorce proceedings to ramme had progressed, reported:

be brought by Thomas Davies against

According

Davies.

Saying that in Dulge's statement Davies was referred to as Dr. Davies, Mr. Trapnell said: "You are not, à

Davies: doctor?"

No.

Davies denied that he told Mr. X that Medway (Dulce) was a solicitor. Mr. Trapnell's last question: "You were not prepared to stop at anything

fortunate man?" remained unanswer-

Highway authorities have submitted plans for non-trunk roads estimated | Gwendolinetion, the Davieses were bedded in the scar tissue. A broncho-to cost £120,000,000; at this £80,000,000, involving Road- Fund commitments thean and wife and there is an to get material to incriminate this un-

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with Indictment charging Davies bigamy to which he has pleaded guilty.

Mr. J. Graham Trapnell, K.C., and Mr. J Lind Pratt prosecuted; Mr. Charles Bray appeared for Thomas Davies, and Mr. Norman Broderick defended Gwendoline Davies. Duke is conducting his own defence.

ed.

WOMAN'S EVIDENCE

The accused woman was called to the witness box 15 Gwendoline Edwards. She said that at the time the went through a marriage cere- mony with Davies she did not know he was already married. Had she known that she would not have married him.

Mrs. Jane Rebecca Sellick, of ¡-Gloucestor-. Road, West Croydon, gave evidence that sho was present at Hackney Register Office in Describing alleged Incidents with June, 1823, when Davica, whom she Mr. X in a bedroom at the barracks knew ag George Maxim Davidson, married iter niece, Margaret Dorothy Agnes Sellick. Her niece was present in court, but she was not the woman

In the dock.

said she

a. steward was called and She at first they had several drinks. refused advances which, she alleged, Mr. X made, but later they had more drinks and misconduct took place then and later in a taxi.

not

Ernest Edwards, master builder, of

She said that one day Davies told Gloucester Road, Hampton, Middle- her a paper had just come for her and sex, said that Davies went through a that she was to be named as corres- ceremony of marriage with his pondent in divorce proceedings, She daughter Gwendoline at Staines said she "confessed," but did Register

Office on February 10 last. write the confession.. Davies wrote it At the end of the prosecution's case down but she did not, read what he Duke applied unsuccessfully for the wrote. Ir, she had known what he

deferred to the next assizes. had case to be deferred to

put In the confession slie would Mr. Justice Tucker held that there not have signed it. was no evidence against Gwendoline Cross-examined, Edwards said in Davies except on the first two counts the confession she told Davies the conspiracy to cheat and defraud ordinary facts of misconduct, and Mr. X and conspiracy to, demand other things which were contained in money with menaces from Mr. X.

the document were quite untrue. She did not know the confession was being used to frighten Mr. X

Mr. Trapnell:

Davies is not doctor; you knew that?I did not know that.

DAVIES'S DENIALS Thomas Davies denied, in evidence, that he conspired to obtain money by false pretencen from Mr. X or to de- mand money by menaces from him. There was no agreement between him and the others, and he did not at any time threaten or demand money from Mr. X. He said that Gwendoline Davies did not know that he was married.

In his summing-up Mr. Justice Tucker said that the jury's verdict could not affect Bain in the least one way or the other.

The Judge said that it had been suggested that the threat of civil pro- ceedings did not amount to menaces. "He also said that he had told That was not the law. "Civil pro- Gwendoline lies to get from her the ceedings, certainly bogus civil pro- truth about Mr. X and to frighten cerdinge, which could in fact never her. He told her that if she would be brought, most certainly amount to tell the fruth he would possibly get menaces," he said. his solicitors to arbitrate with Mrs. X and proven! Gwendoline from being called "as co-respondent.

DAVIES'S CAREER

After the Jury had returned its Describing a visit which he sold he, Gwendoline, and Mr. X paid to Davica's career was disclosed by verdict an extraordinary story of Bain at his office in London, Davies Detective Inspector James, of the said that Bain gave Mr. X a bit of a Portsmouth City Police, who said lecture, but never

money, according mentioned except to

to ask Mr. X what he corned. London pubile-house Mr. X In a made out and signed a a statement that, he would keep Rway from Gwen. This was signed by Duke, in the name of Medway, and by himself.

"LET'S FORGET IT"

that to his birth certificate his name

was George Maxim

Davidzo The officer said that after his wife Davies became "Dr. Davies, M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. giving address of a doctor who had died in Norfolk, "He has stated that he was locum tenens to a well-known Harley Street physician."

the

"I pulled out my cheque-book," said Davies, "and said: "The expenses are £140.' I signed a cheque for that After a car accident Davies was amount payable to Bain, and said: awarded £250 special damages in the That is the end of the matter, Let's High Court under the name of "Dr. forget it"

Davidson." "Ho has no right pr Referring to what happened at ground whatever for styling himself Portsmouth when the police saw a doctor, being without qualification Gwen Davies, Davies soki that he, or medical training. The police are told Inspector James: "She knows in possession of names of people ho nothing about it. She is absolutely has attended as a doctor, in some Innocent of the whole thing. If there cuses giving injections for various

any corruption in any

In any slope or complaints. He is also said to have attended maternity cares, carrying the In cross-examination Davies said usual surgical instruments." that he did not want any money in The officer declared, that, Davies connection with the alleged divorce gave a well-known variety, artist (40 from, anybody. He knew, hs, could injections for sugar diabetes, but, It nos- lake: divorce proceedings.

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