AERIAL SMUGGLING
CONVICTION IN BRITAIN
MACHINE CONFISCATED
LONDON, July 20. The first Court case arising out of smuggling by aeroplano was heard at tho Mansion House, when Lofenee Evelyn Jones and John Rogers, both of wbomlivo in the West End of London, pleaded guilty to several charges of smuggling saccharine1 from Holland. The prosecuting counsel stated that 691b of saccharine, valued at £25, was involved, the duty on it being nearly £190. The defendants wero liablo to penalties exceeding £1300. Jones owned tho aeroplane, which Rogers piloted. Defendants' counsel pleaded that they were-engaging merely in a sporting adventure. The Magistrate: That is an abuse of the phrase. There is not niuch of the straightforwardness of sport' about this. " Each defendant was fined £100, and the Customs authorities confiscated the aeroplane.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 26, 31 July 1933, Page 7
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130AERIAL SMUGGLING Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 26, 31 July 1933, Page 7
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