A PECULIAR CASE.
* COMPENSATION ALLOWED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. June 17, 0.30 a.m.) London, June 10. In the,case of Mr. Nesbit, a colliery cashier who was shot in a Newcastle train (with which offence Alex. Dickman, ex-colliery _ secretary, stands charged), the widow, Mrs. Nesbit, claimed ,£3OO compensation from the, company employing her husband. The County Court lias awarded her <£300 compensation, holding that in the ciicumstances the death is within tho Workmen's Compensation Act, as the murder was committed during deceased's empioyment. [Deceased carried a cash-bag containing tho company's money. This was taken, and was, subsequently found, empty, in an air-shaft]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 5
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101A PECULIAR CASE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 5
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