HOLD-UP CHARGE
POST OFFICE ROBBERY
TRIAL IN SUPREME COURT
..; Charges;arising out,of the hoid-up.a| .the Adelaide Eoad'P'ost Office.on.Juna 8 brought _-. William Alexander Crossan, aged .35, a-bobtmaker, before'the Chiefl Justice (Sir Michael Myers) and a jury] for trial in' the: Supreme Court this afternoon. Crossan was charged robbing PercivalE. Hart of £61, th^ property of the. Postmaster-GeneraL while: armed with! a revolver, and, al*. ternatiyely, with the theftof £61, thai property of the Postmaster-General. T<» both .charges he pleaded not guilty. Crossan was represented; by Mr. E. H. Boys, but in; the., empanelment of the jury counsel took np part in the( proceedings. Crossan, from the dock, exercised his full right of challenge, sli of the jurors. being challenged by him* The Crown: Prosecutor., (Mr. P. S. Kj Macassey) stood- three men aside.
Mr.-Macassey gave an outline'of the) .'i Crown's case, and.at the time of going to press ia start was being' made witty the hearing of the evidence. ".■■'■.' ' '.'t
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1934, Page 10
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158HOLD-UP CHARGE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1934, Page 10
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