CLAIM WITHDRAW^
CASE AGAINST UNFORTUNATE CONSTABLE MELBOURNE, July 14. Following the bombing of Constable Milne's house at Geelong, Edward Carr, of Chilwell, gave his consent to the withdrawal of a writ against Milne, from whom Carr claimed £1000 damages for alleged false imprisonment, malicious arrest, and prosecution last January on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person
Carr's solicitor announced before Judge Wasley that he desired the case to be withdrawn without costs to Milne. The Crown acquiesced and the writ was withdrawn.
. A cable published on Monday stated that when a bomb was thrown through the window of Constable Milne's home at Geelong at 3 o'clock that morning, Mrs. Milne was blown to piecesi and her husband was seriously hurt. The front of the house was wrecked. Two children, who were asleep in a back room, luckily escaped.. Constable Milne, who was formerly a well-known member of the Melbourne criminal investigation branch, was transferred to Geelong some time ago. He had previously been' threatened by underworld enemies.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 13, 15 July 1936, Page 11
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