THREAT TO LORD NUFFIELD
Man Charged At Oxford
(Received May 26, 1 a.m.) Oxford, May 25.
John Bruce Thornton was charged by a special court at Oxford police station with, being in possession of firearms with intent to endanger life. He was remanded till to-morrow. The police refused to divulge anything beyond his name.
Owing to Lord. Nuffield’s silence, it is difficult to ascertain exactly what happened to the two men who entered Lord Nuffield’s office. It is believed that the police stopped a car in the main street of Oxford and arrested Thornton, who wgs the only occupant Thornton had apparently not entered the works and had not even seen Lord Nuffield. It was learned that Lord Nuffield had recently received a number of threatening letters.
(Earlier message on Page 11.)
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19380526.2.169
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 204, 26 May 1938, Page 15
Word Count
132THREAT TO LORD NUFFIELD Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 204, 26 May 1938, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in