POLICE IN PALESTINE
CHARGES AGAINST FOUR CONSTABLES
ONE TO BE IMPRISONED FOR THREE YEARS.
ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) JERUSALEM. January 11.
i A special court convicted four plain i clothes constables. William Wood was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for attempted manslaughter, and J. Mansell to one year for attempted bodily harm. P. Crossley and J. CrossI ley, who are not related, were bound over for a year. The defence pleaded that all the police regulations regarding escapees had been observed. APPEAL LODGED. OBSERVATIONS BY CHIEF' JUSTICE.' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) JERUSALEM. January 11. Wood and Mansell have appealed against their conviction. The Chief Justice, Sir Harry Trusted, in delivering his judgment, said the accused had not resolved to kill any Arab, but it was difficult to see why they had not pursued the prisoner. The Court believed the use of firearms was not justified. Wood fired at close range while the prisoner was on the ground, but the Court was not certain whether this was the fatal shot owing to a conflict of evidence.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1939, Page 7
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