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£8,214 Judgment for Surgeon And His Blind Wife
JUDGE ON SPIRO
A 71-year-old surgeon and his blind wife, who alleged that they had been financially crippled and cheated of over £5,000 by sharopushing, were told by Mr. Justice Macnaghten in the King's Bench Division recently that. they were entitled to recover a total of £8,214. ·
Medway And Submarines Going South
ILM.S. Medway, with six sub- marines and two destroyers, leaves Hongkong to-day for Singapore. The Mr. and Mrs. George Wilkinson, of Glossop Road, Sheffleld, Medway will sail at 0 p.m., but tho
submarines will leave earlier. were the plaintiffs in an action for damages.
The two deatroyers going 10 Henderson "appeared to the wilt in Singapore are H.M.S. Westcott the name of John William Robert H.M.S. Diana. Elphinstone."1
The submarines leaving for the
Mr. Justice Macnaghten. giving) judgment, said they were entitied to recover:
Art of Suffolk Street, W.
and
It was stated that the alleged com-south are the Rainbow, Olympus, pllcity of Purves in the alleged fraud) Perseus, Grampus, Pandora, And and conspiracy was the only sub-Orpheus, stantial issue. He was secretary of ILMS. Defender arrived to-day Bruceflold Culleries, Limited.
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and William Robert Elphinstone (both of whom were slated to have been sentenced for fraud);; £2,731 03, 10d. and interest from.
WIlliam Hunter, of Rusilu, Mid- Mr. Justice Macnoghten said there. lothian, and William
George was not sufficient evidence of com- Purves, un Edinburgh solicitor. plicity against George Alexander The following ships are expected to Stay of execution was granted to and the Scottish Gas Utilities Cor- be in wireless communication with Purves pending notice of appeal. poration.
Hongkong Radio Station to-day: Hunter was refused a stay--"to murk Spiro, In the name of "Royston" Hiles; Eskbank; Haitan; Ghelse- the difference between him and undoubtedly went to Sheffleld with nau: Halyang: Empress of Japan;
Mr. Justice Purvey" said
Mac- the object of rubbing Mr. and Mrs. Hupeh; Chaksang: Sulsanı; Kun- noglen.
Wilkinson of their securities.
sang: Santhia; Yuensang: Hakusan "I don't think Hunter was a witness! Maru; Empress of Canada; of truth and, while it is certain that Rosso; Pleasantville; Kamo Maru; The full list of defendants included Spiro would have practised any deceit Kasima Murt; Canton; Allpore. Maclean & Henderson, a firm of New that might have sulted his purpose, 1 Broad Street, EC., Brucelfeld Col- think that Hunter would have done lleries Ltd., of Kirkcaldy, FLEMING
George the same," he added. Alexander and Scottish Gas Utilities Purves was not a party to "the Corporation Ltd., of Suffolk Street, gross deception" that Spiro practised W
Geneva on the plaintiffs and other persons. Berlin. (When the case was opened on but he did assist in the conspiracy by June 28, Mr. Walter Raeburn, for knowingly issuing documents - which
Paris. Athens plaintiffs, sinted that Maclean and were false and fraudulent,
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Alleged to have failed to disclose material information in Shanghai.. filling up an insurance proposal form for a car, which was in-Yokohama. volved in a collision that led to £1,500 damages being awarded Belgrade to a London bus conductor, a young Brighton man told Mr. Bucharest Justice Humphreys and a special jury at the Sussex Assizes at Lewes recently that he could neither read nor write.
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Adelaide Beresford asked: What is crossed out Crescent, Hove, by the Army, Navy and General Assurance "London Road Council School," Association, Ltd, of Pall Mall, replied Pullen after some hesitation.
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Pullen: Because he had his name stamped on the envelope. read that.
Mr. Justice Humphreys: You could
Pullen's defence to the netion was The Insurance company claimed a guessed it.
all right; did you guess It?—Yes, I stated to have been struck out for declaration that they were entitled
non-compliance with an order of a When Pullen said he knew that a Master of the Supreme Court, and to avoid a policy of insurance, and letter came from the insurance broker Mr. Beresford said he would have to two cover notes issued by them,
on in the ease, Mr. Justice Humphreys move for judgment against
Pullen grounds that they were obtained asked: "How did you know that?"
the
by the non-disclosure of material! facts; or by representations of facts which were faise in some material particular,
The jury found that the policy was! obtained by non-disclosure off material facts, or by representation of! facts which were false, and the judge) granted the declaration claimed against Boughton-Leigh with costs. ONLY HIS SIGNATURE Among other allegations in conniec- tion with the filling up of the pro- posal form, Mr. Tristram Beresford, K.C., for the company, said Pullen answered "No!
to a question asking whether he had been convicted of any driving offence, although only eight days before he had been fined for dangerous driving.
the
before à Muster in London.
CRASHED IN PLANE HE HAD DESIGNED
Noted Aircraft Builder Killed
Capt. Frank Sowter Barnwell, noted aircraft designer, was killed recently in a plane he designed himself.
A monoplane which he built for his private use crashed shortly after taking off from Bristol Airport, Whitchurch.
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Pullen also stated that no other He was 5B and had been chief led the plane. He had been killed driver under the age of 21 would designer of the acroplane depart almost instantaneously. drive
Boughton- ment of the Bristol Aeroplane Com- Leigh, of the although
time of the accident,pany for 20 years. was under. 21.
Pulion, giving evidence, said he He had made the plane-a single- could neither read nor write apart seater-in his spare time, and had from writing his signature. When he made only a few short fights round effected the insurance he
the airport. answered questions read out to him, and
a
Captain Barnwell lived at Alves- ton House, Alveston, Gloucestershire.
He was born at Lewisham. S.E., and educated at Fettes College, Edin- burgh, and at Glasgow University. With his elder brother, R. II. Barn- well, he spent two years, 1908-1099,
woman clerk wrote down the answers On the fatal fight he had made a building and experimenting with
partial circult of the aerodrome aeroplanes near Silring. when, for some unknown reason, the
on the proposal form.
Afterwards signed the form, but machine
he
could not read the answers.
JUDGE'S COMMENT
appeared
to lose flying he served for a period with
In the early days of the Great War the speed and dived into the ground.
R.F.C., but in September, 1915, bls He was still in the cockpit when technical skill necessitated his return were able to read the oath when you airport officials and mechanics reach- as chief designer to the company.
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NEW DEFENCE WEAPON MAY STOP BOMBINGS
Radio Rockets "Best Defence Against Air Attack"
AN INVENTION used in the days of the ancient Greeks
ing:
may save the world from the horrors of aerial bomb-
This is the rocket device which was the subject of a question. in the House of Commons, and which is being experimented with
by the scientists of Britain and other great Powers.
Professor A. M. Low, the con- ready produced a giant, long-range sulting engineer and research rocket, for use in war.
Directed by radio from the carib, physicist, who claims to have this projectile can bo aimed with invented the, first air-defence greater accuracy than the lightest rocket while he was War Officer field gun. It can plerce heavy Commanding the R.F.C. experi- armour. mental works during the Greater my invention of the defence.
Dr. Low continued, War, told The People that he be- patents were allowed to lapse. Then lieves tho possibilities of for many years nobody seemed to "rocketry" to be almost limit-take any interest in an invention pregnant with such great possibilities. less.
“I am so enthusiastic about
rocket- eering that I have actually offered
GERMAN PROGRESS
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"There can be little doubt," he said, cup to be competed for by designers "that the rocket will be the most of a model aeroplane driven by a effective device ever conceived for rocket # defence against attack from the air."
Experiments have shown that on ordinary rocket, carrying in its tail German scientists are forging large stores of petrol and other thead in the race to develop this liquids, can travel hundreds of miles marvellous device. They have alot high speeds,
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