15 YEARS GAOL FOR BOMB THROWERS
GREEK CLUB OUTRAGE. United Press Association —By Electri# Telegraph —Copyright. Received Friday, 2 a.m. MELBOURNE, Feb. 28. After a trial occupying several days, three men were convicted of the bomb outrage on the Greek Club at Melbourne on December 1 and were sentenced by Chief Justice Irvine to the maximum of 15 years’ imprisonment. The prisoners were Timothy O’Connell, 35, a dealer, Francis Delaney, 27, a salesman and Alexander Mclver, 26, a labourer. Two others, Stanley Williams, 36, a bookmaker and Norman Mclver, 28, a stevedore, were acquitted. The two first convicted admitted prior convictions. O ’Connell, in an angry outburst from the dock, declared he had been the victim of the biggest frame-up ever perpetrated. The Judge stopped him and described him as both cruel and callou§,u»».
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Manawatu Times, Issue 6848, 1 March 1929, Page 7
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