BOMB PLOT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 30 December 1935, Page 3

BOMB PLOT

HEAVY SENTENCES ■ A DIABOLICAL CRIME.” SYDNEY, Dec. 19. The trial of four men, who plotted i.-iw up a house at West Wallseod, i. Newcastle, with a bomb, hac Bed th all bring found guilty, and iw u them being sentenced to long Qs of imprisonment. ue conspiracy car be easily told, iert Augustus Smith, a baker and ratrp-'how proprietor at Gloucester i the North Coast of New South gave an option of sale over his ::i.e ? »w tor £3OOO to two agents, partnership, one of whom was dry Hall, hmith found that he U u: ; ' valued his theatre business ■L- •, and tried to induce Had to seise him fr»m the option. Hall ■awhile Lad found a purchaser in oen Lowe <•£ West Wallsend, and tuminei l » exercise his option. Mt thta decided to use violent Rte to .etain his picture siivw. He fepire i with two brothers, •Bernard kwr* and.baniuel Brown, to blow up flrr> j. Mdenct. The Brow us brought ltheir ncptiiw, Thomas Brown, '-.ho kei a Lonie-Jii.iie bomb, comprising uttviaior- and a lighted Bile i.' iinst J.< re's house. The plot &!. u .ause rain fell and exHak • Rog< rs, in «enIring .-..r’.h to twelve years’ penal -aid th *1 the business transin Gloutcs’.er seemed to nave let > .iih’s ireatal balance. He d r ,t -ee any mitigating circumMbit’.' why was a dangerman to be* at large. There q übt gtiat Smith was the lav *pd after he had brought tut Brown into the scheme the er i ret fly induced bamuel *3 ’ • pin i't Had rain not falseemed to be no doubt that f won,4 Lav 3 gone off and Ev the building, blowing up the C.» •• at the time occupied it. t e was diabolical and apt»i : gous to attempted murder. Mr. . 'ice Hulse Rogens sen*l L--ward Brown and Samuel -»a ■ >even years’ penal servi- “• >• mas Brown was bound over ■ _ • d behaviour. The Judge ' el Brown tie right to penL*r r- .case after he nad served f . sentence, provided his consin g : was to the satisfaction of ’ ?ked by counsel to extend 6 -m.: compassion to Bernard Judge replied that he *•'- n - make any recommendation iu« fa ur or against him. He was feed that Thomas Cecil Brown war v. 'io, having been led astray fiw ler men, was not strong * resist them. Sergeant Delaney said 11 Bernard Joseph Brown was refed to have been a wealthy man y, through misfortune in business lost r.i> money. Samuel •*- had borne a good character, • r»” T arded as - i hard worker, ■> W'.ll spoken of ty his employer. *®aß Brown was a boxer of some led had tried to mak« a living •kt calling. feth still har to face another *l*—that of consp.ring with perBakr own to blow up the house a Sydney suburb, of .7 Hall. This house was considt* 1 ? damaged by an explosion and terupanis had nar-ow escapes.