COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
w TI Gd Wlth attemP"»g to steal nf Snne^ erSOn Of Lala Kika the sum rniif m money- William James Uilbert a motor-driver, aged 26, and Maxwell Joseph Daniel Byford, a barman porter and labourer, aged 35 aDSM I' 6d b + l f°re Mr- J- G" L- He'witt, a« 1!i the Magistrate's Court today Alter the hearing of evidence, Gilbert •+ 6? de cnot guilty- and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial The case against Byford was dismissed Lala Kika, a fruiterer, alleged that '^ri^ c <Waf waJki °S along Tory Street late at njght with £110 in his possession, Gilbert caught hold of his coat and tried to search his pockets. The other man was about five or six yards away. No one put his hands into his pocket, said witness. He alleged that Gilbert had hold of him for about two minutes, and then a car £^L along> an? he was Pleased. Evidence was also given by Chhagan Parag and Eanji Hansji.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1938, Page 7
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168COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1938, Page 7
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