SYDNEY CRIME
THREE YOUTHS FOR SENTENCE Received Nov. 27, 11.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 27. In the criminal court to-day three Charters and Edward Smith, charged youths, William Hollebone, James with having murdered Leslie Hobson, aged 39, at Newtown suburb on October 7, were found guilty of manslaughter and remanded until Friday for sentence. The evidence disclosed that Hobson, while assisting another man who was outnumbered in a street brawl, was knocked down and kicked to death. The affair was witnessed by several shopkeepers who were afraid to intervene.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 28 November 1935, Page 9
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88SYDNEY CRIME Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 28 November 1935, Page 9
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