Mr. Bellenger was hit several times, counsel stated. Subsequently, Mr. Bellenger was shown photographs of the men, and he declared that the one with the mallet was Harley.
It was also alleged' that Jenkins had made a statement in which he said that no violence was to be used. They merely intended to steal the rings if they had an opportunity.
Jenkins added that when he saw Harley coming from the bedroom looking desperate, he ran from the hotel and got on a bus. Afterwards, he said, he met Wilmer and Harley who showed him a handful of diamond rings.
Lonsdale, Wilmer and himself, he continued, realized the terrible position they were in, and Wilmer suggested that they had "better lay low in the countr Statements by Wilmer and Lonsdale corroborated Jenkins' statement, which asserted that assault had never been contemplated.
Harley said that the whole object of his getting mixed up in the robbery was to get insurance money.
All four men were remanded in custody.—Reuter,
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