BRITISH CONSTABLES CONVICTED
Unjustifiably Killing An
Arab
JERUSALEM, January 11. A special Court today convicted the four British plainclothes constables who were charged with unjustifiably killing an Arab, whom they allegedly shot dead while he was attempting to escape from prison. William Wood was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for attempted manslaughter, J. Mansell, for an atr tempt to do bodily harm, was sentenced to imprisonment for one year; and P. Crossley and J. Crossley (who are not related) were bound over for a year. The defence pleaded that all the police regulations regarding escapees were observed. Wood and Mansell have appealed against their ■ conviction.
The Chief Justice, Sir Harry Trusted, in delivering judgment; said that 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 that the uso of firearms was unjustified. Wood fired at close range while the prisoner was on the ground, but the Court was uncertain whether this was the fatal shot owing to the conflict of evidence.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 93, 13 January 1939, Page 5
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