CHARGE DROPPED.
INCOME-TAX CASE. MILLIONAIRS PAYS £407,000. (gims raxss association—bt rawraro mtSOBATH—TOPIBIOHT.) (Received Notembef Bth, 5,5 pM.) LONDON. Novembot 7. On the application of the prosecution, at the Newcastle Assises, the charge against Sir Walter Cookarline has been dropped. The condition of his health is so serious that doctors expressed the opinion that he should not be subjected to the ordeal of a trialIt was pointed out that penalties amounting to £300.000 in addition to back income tax, had been paid.—Australian Press Association. [Sir Walter Cockerline, the millionaire Hull shipowner, was charged with making false income tax returns involving £107.000. He was committed for trial despite the prosecutor's desire to withdraw the case on account of the precarious state of Sir Walter's health and the fact that he offered to pay a penalty of £300,000 in addition to the £107,000.]
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19463, 9 November 1928, Page 11
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