HAMPTON BANK HOLD-UP
PERKINS CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER.
(BNtTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIOBT.)
19th February. The jury in the trial of Francis Perkins, for the shooting,of Victor Almeida in the Hampton bank, returned a rerdict of manslaughter. Perkins, who was remanded for sen: tence, in t a statement tendered as evidence, said that after strolling about oandnnghnirf beach he turned towards the railway station, when lie was held up at the point of a revolver and taken to the bank. ,
althoush mortally wounded, chased the man who had shot hitaj and returned with Perkins in his charge.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 43, 20 February 1925, Page 7
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94HAMPTON BANK HOLD-UP Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 43, 20 February 1925, Page 7
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