BLACKMAILERS' APPEAL
MEETS WITH INCREASED SENTENCE.
COTJITED PSES3 ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTUALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 7th April. Two youths, Buxton and Scott, appealed against the sentences of seven and six years respectively, for blackmail, live Lord Chief Justice remarked: >ou have had the benefit of the right to appeal. Now you must lake the burden of it. You were engaged in blackmail of the foulest description, and one year will therefore. be added to each sentence."
Twice in one day accused accosted merchants, whom they charged with improper conduct, and then demanded money.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 85, 9 April 1924, Page 5
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93BLACKMAILERS' APPEAL Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 85, 9 April 1924, Page 5
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