CHARGES OF PIRACY.
FRENCH VESSEL ROBBED
CONSIDER A BLE PLUNDER SECURED.
By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received July 8, 9.30 a.m. PARIS, July 6, The trial is proceeding at .Marseilles of seven long-haired, ragged Georgians, who arc charged with alleged piracy. Evidence was given that they were members of a band of 30 Who, disguised us passengers, boarded the French ship Souirah at Batnm during a voyage in 1920. When two hours out: from Datum they threatened Captain Sparks with revolvers, cut the wireless, robbed the passengers, stopped the ship, and -forced the crew tq row thorn and their plunder ashore. They made a haul worth £30,000. It is alleged that the pirates conducted the affair with an air of gallantry, kissed the women’s hands' before removing their rings, and -left the passenger's their small change, even giving some a few coins stolen from others,—United Service,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 444, 8 July 1922, Page 5
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