BLACKMAILERS' SENTENCES
SORRY THEY APPEALED
ANOTHER YEAR TO SERVE
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)
LONDON, April 8. The two youths Buxton and Scott appealed against sentences of seven and six years respectively for blackmail. The Lord Chief Justice remarked: “You had the benefit of the right to appeal. Now you must take the burden thereof. You were engaged in blackmail of the foulest description, and one year will thereto!e be added to each sentence.” Twice in one day accused accosted merchants whom they charged with improper conduct, and demanded money.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 9 April 1924, Page 5
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