NRS 880 Supreme Court Papers and Depositions, Supreme Court Sydney and on Circuit [9/7189] R V Samuel Freeman and Others [AF00301604] - Flipbook - Page 17
Two of them wewre
reading the pap3r.
Twiss anCL I were
... talking.
The convawrsation was in conns
..ction With the ro-obaftori - how it
4happened.
1 said flYeas" wlien TwiSs said "It would be 0-1a funny
thing if someone ca:uiz.. in a motor car behind trio a-ab and hopped
out and took the money and awayff%
I have heard thaw saxiaz thing
spoRen about for years by differewnt m2n.
I Ive often heard it.
Twiss said soiniathing about t~ie Kelly gang.
I = 12 stone.
s t ro ~Z mane
I ax a fairly
I am aged 5,2 yearso
giv,%:O* a fair accoiLnt of myself in a tussle
fto.
I could
I was going towards
t:ae man with the. box when the Lan in tha.. motor -Dolntewd a
revolv3W.r &A me. anU said "Don't",, and I stopped,,
I don I t
riz..rziember Twiss saying to Xiller "You've e--,vot a re
..volver, shoot".
I nvv,--.,..r 1'ieard that*
was
Ile never said it in my heari.:-Z.
Twiss
rUlaself up after gettirZ th%aw 'Dox, whien the
=&xi rasliswd him saying "Give us that". and polntad the revolvier
into his face.
I was 5 or 6 fewet away,
to all concerned.
I went towards the box*
tlaerQ. were ten or twzenty people aoout.
othe,r sids of the road.
who was mesias..rlsed or dumbfounded,
Other people were on the
Twil-as looksd iiice a man
ftoo made no attesmpt, to
Ha
In my opinion it was so sudden that he
., was not
clapable of doing anything.
from him,.
I could i-tot say I f
The man sceiid "Give us thatil,.. and
pulled the 'box off Twiss' shoulder,
re.tain the. 'box,,
I sang
' out IvLook out ui
It seemewd as if he passed it anway
To beost of my belief Twiss did not move..
was dum
obfounded for tne. minute..
I say he
killer was just gz
..Akting out
of tria cab when the nian put tAe revolver in Twiss' face,
Miller was then about four feet from the robber.
14ills..r could-
have stoDped in the. cab,
revolver out*
I could not say If 14illtnjr pulled his
14111er dJdnot alzqg out, I did riot take
2
ft-0
robber was then niaXing off witli t1ae. box.
lie W ent round the