1938-01-18 — Page 3

TELEGRAPH. THE HONGKONG

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18,

1938.

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

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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-fer marriage.

That is the puzzling life and love! atory of Georgette Nassouri, 20- year-old Athenian girl.

'Georgette was a girl until she was

33 years old. Then she began to change.

Her parents consulted n

doctor.

"

HE FELL IN LOVE, . ・・

Georgette was turning into a boy.

operation was

complete the change.

performed to

And

Georgette became George.

George fell in love with the girl who

used to sit next to

school,

Georgette in

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

Another consultation with specia- lists, 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.

SURGICAL FEAT

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

· Tosmanla,

HANDS TIED behind him, a Chinese sniper in civilian clothes

is arrested and taken to Japanoso army headquarters. After questioning there, it was quite likely he was executed.

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|THOUND 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 servitude.

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

Gwendoline Davies (22), of Nightingale Road, Southsca, ning months' imprisonment.

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

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 demand 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.

with

The prosecution alleged that there was a plot to obtain money from Mr. X following his meeting

Gwendoline Davies, Thomas Davies telling him that divorce proceedings were contemplated..

The trial of ur 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.

Mr. Trapnell: You told lies to Duke They had pleaded not guilty to ten counts on an indictment jointly in order to help you to extort money charging them with demanding £140 from Mr. X7-No. I told lies to with mennees 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

Cu-

Saying that in Duke's statement Davies was referred to as Dr. Davies,

Mr. Trapnell said: "You are not a doctor?"

Mr. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Transport, asked in the House of Com-that the defendants threatened Mr. The outstanding feature. of the

mons recently how far the Government's £100,000,000 five-year old pro-X that he would be made

respondent in divorce proceedings to operation, says "Austral News, was

be brought by Thomas Davies against According to the fact that the nail had been there Bramme had progressed, reported: for six years, and had become em- Highway authorities have submitted plans for non-trunk roada estimated Gwendoline Davies. bedded in the scar tissue. A broncho-to cost £129,000,000; of this £80,000,000, Involving Roud Fund commitments the prosecution, the Davieses were

not man and wife and there is anto scope was used for the operation. of £47,000,000, has been approved up to October 31 last.

indictment charging Davies with bigamy to which he has pleaded 'cd, guilty.

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Davies: No.

Davies denied that he 'lold Mr. X

that Medway (Duke) was a solicitor. Mr. Trapnell's last question: "You were not prepared to stop at onything"

el material to incriminate this un- fortunate man?" remained unanswer

WOMAN'S EVIDENCE-

Mr. J, Graham Trapnell, x.C., and

The accused woman was called to Mr. J. Lhind Pratt prosecuted; Mr.

the witness box 05 Gwendoline Charles Bray appeared for Thomas Edwards. She said that at the time Davies, and Mr. Norman Broderick defended Gwendoline Davies. Duke she went through a marriage cere mony with Davies she did not know ting his own defence. Jane Rebecca Sellicit, of was already married. Had she known that she would not have Gloucester Road, West Croydon, kave

-married-i

-him. .evidence that she was present at Hackney Register Omce In June, 1923, when Davies, whom she knew as George Maxim Davidson she said a steward was called and married her niece, Margaret Dorothy they had several drinks. She at first Agnes Sellicht. Her niece was present refused advances which, she alleged, in court, but she was not the woman Mr. X made, but later they had more drinks and misconduct took place in the dock.

then and later in a taxi.

his

Describing alleged incidents with Mr. X in a bedroom at the barracks

Ernest Edwards, master builder, of She said that one day Davies told Gloucester Road, Hampton, Middie-herra paper had just come for her and sex, said that Davies went through a that she was to be named as corres- ceremony of marringe with

pondent in divorec proceedings. She daughter Gwendoline at Staines said she "confessed," but did not Register Omee on February 10 last

At the end of the prosecution's case Duke applied unsuccessfully for the ease to be deferred to the next assizes. Mr. Justice Tucker held that there was no evidence against Gwendoline Davies except on the first two counts conspiracy to cheat and defraud Mr. X and conspiracy to demand money with menaces from Mr. X.

DAVIES'S DENIALS

write the confession." Davies wrote it down but she did not read what he wrote. If she had known what he bad put in the confession she would not liave signed it.

Cross-examined, Edwards sald in the confession she told Davies the ordinary facts of misconduct, and other things which were contained in the document were quite untrue. She did not know the confession was being used to frighten Mr. X.

Mr. Trapnell: Thomas Dayles denied, in evidence,

Davies is not a that he conspired to obtain money by doctor; you know that? I did not false pretences from Mr. X or to de-know that. mand money by menaces from him.

In his summing-up Mr. Justice There was no agreement between him Tucker said that the jury's verdict and the others, and he did not at any could not affect Bain in the least

time threaten or demand money from the Judge said that It had been

way or the other. He said that Gwendoline Davies did not know that he was suggested that the threat of civil pro- morritd.

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 coedings, which could in fact never her. He told her that if she would be brought, most certainly amount to tell the truth he would possibly get menaces," he said. his solicitors to arbitrate with Mra. X and prevent Gwendoline from being

DAVIES'S CAREER

called as co-respon which he sold verdict an extraordinary story of After the jury had returned its Describing a visit he, Gwendoline, and Mr. X paid to Duvice's career WILD disclosed by Bain at his office in London, Davica Detective Inspector James, of the

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a bit of a said that Bain gave Mr.

of Partsmouth City Police, who said that lecture, but never mentioned money according to his birth certificate his except to ask Mr. X what he earned. name was George Maxim Davidson. In London public-house Mr. X The omeer sald

made

said that after leaving

out and signed a statement that his wife Davies became "Dr. Davies, the

he would keep away from Gwen MR.CS.; L.R.C.P.," iving

This was signed by Duke, in the address of a doctor who had died In name of MC

of Medway, and by himself. Norfolk. He has stated that he was

"LET'S FORGET IT

locum tenens to a well-known Harley

Street: physician,”

"I pulled out my cheque-book, Bald Davies, "and said: "The expenses are £140. I signed a cheque for that After a car accident Davies was amount payable to Bain, and sald: awarded £250 special damages in the That is the end of the matter. Let's High Court under the name of Dr. forget t

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Davidson." "Ho has no right or Referring to what happened at ground whatever for styling himself Portsmouth when the polite AAW a doctor, being without qualification Gwen Davies, Davies'sald that hoor medical training. The police are told Inspector Jamos: "She knows in possession of names of people he nothing about it. She is absolutely hos aliended as a doctor, In some Innocent of the whole thing, if there cases giving injections for various is any corruption in any shape or complaints. He is also said to have form."

attended meternity cases, carrying the In Cross-examination-Davies said usual surgical Instrumentr that he did not want any money in The officer declared that Davies connection with the alleged divorce gave a wall-known variety artist 40 from any body. He knew he could injections for sugar diabetes," but '11 [not take divorce proceedings,

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