INVITATION TO WRECK A STEAMER
SHIPOWNER AND CLERK
SENTENCED.
(Rec. March 20, 5.5 p.m.) London, Mprch 19.
William James Jones, shipowner, and Rees, a clerk, have 'been convicted of a conspiracy to invite Captain Plummer to wreck the steamer Dorothy Talbot. Jones was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and Rees to nine months Ihe charge regarding the steamer Glendalough was withdrawn.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . , [A Board of Trade inquiry was held last October into the loss of the Glendalough near Belfast Lough, and the Court found that the loss was due to the wilful act of Captain Plummer, acting in concert with William owner, who insured tho vessel foi though her value, including cargo, was only .£17,000. "Jones recklessly and wickedly gambled not only, for money, but in the lives of men,” said the Court. He was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry, namely, £2500, and Plummers certificate was cancelled J-
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 150, 21 March 1921, Page 4
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152INVITATION TO WRECK A STEAMER Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 150, 21 March 1921, Page 4
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