CLUMSY ATTEMPT AT A HOAX IS THE EXCUSE MADE.
TWO MEN ARE SENT TO GAOL FOR SIX MONTHS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received March 7, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, March 6. James M’Callan and Frederick Arnold, who were charged in connection with the Hedges case, were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, and fined £SO. The defence urged that it was- a clumsy attempt at a hoax while under the influence of liquor.—Aust. and N.Z. Press Assn. Two men were arrested in the flat of Mr Mitcheil-Hedges, the explorer, and charged with attempting to obtain £IOOO by false pretences. The prosecution alleged that they offered to influence the jury in the libel case in which Mr Mitcheil-Hedges was the plaintiff by the payment of £IOOO. Mr MitcheilHedges informed the police.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18406, 7 March 1928, Page 5
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