GHOULS!
There is a woll-known story of a Cornish inquest at which a witness was asked what was the first thing to be done when a body was washed up from a wreck. "The first thing we do," was tho reply, "is to go through his pockets." For acting on a like principle nino persons (five women and four men) were lucky enough' to escape with a pound a-piece at Dartford Police Court recently. When in tho raid three weeks beforo one of tho British airmen clashed to the ground and was killed these nine persons, tho first on the scene, carried off, not only many parts of tho aeroplane, but also—from the dead man's body—his gloves, safety belt, and goggles. The plea of the precious nine was that they acted "innocently," but they hare to pay for their so-called innocence. The chairman, in imposing the fines, '.aid ho hoped it would be a warning to others.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 9, 5 October 1917, Page 7
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157GHOULS! Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 9, 5 October 1917, Page 7
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