“Gallow Defending Self At Peterboro,” Toronto Star. April 5, 1941. Page 15. ---- Refuses to Plead When Judge Won’t Allow Re-Arraignment --- BRADD GETS 5 YEARS ---- Special to The Star Peterboro, April 5. - Louis Gallow is conducting his own defence today as his trial on a charge of breaking into a store here continues. Gallow, who dismissed his lawyer, Mannis Frankel, refused to plead.
‘There’s no British justice here at all - it’s just railroading,’ declared accused after Judge J. A. McGibbon had refused to allow him to be arraigned again.
‘It’s too late for that now but you will have to plead,’ said the judge. ‘I refuse to plead,’ said accused after Judge J. A. McGibbon had refused to allow him to be rearraigned again.
‘It’s too late for that now but you will have to please,’ said the judge. ‘I refuse to plead,’ said accused.
‘Very well then, we shall proceed without a plea,’ the judge replied.
Seated at the barristers’ table, Gallow was surrounded by three police officers as a precaution that he wold not make another break for freedom. Bradd Gets Five Years Just before Galow went on trial, Judge McGibbon sentenced William Bradd to five years in penitentiary. Bradd, third man to be convicted in connection with the break-in, in which $4,500 was taken from the store safe, participated in an abortive attempt to break jail the night before with Gallow and Lawrence Burns and Thomas Nicholls, both of whom had previously been sentenced to four years for the same defence.
A ledger card found at the scene of the robbery contained the heel print of Louis Gallow, swore Oliver E. Borland, identification expert of the Toronto police.
J. H. Jamieson, store manager, told the court he found the card. Det.-Sergt. John Nimmo of Toronto said he took the shoes from under Gallow’s bed at 171 Mutual St. Toronto.
William Osborne identified Gallow as one of four men he saw near the C.P.R. toolhouse in Bowmanville about 4 p.m., Feb. 1. The following morning tools from the building were found at the scene of the crime.
Chief Identifies Gallow Chief Samuel Newhall of Peterboro swore he recognized Gallow as one of three men he saw ‘jostling each other about in front of the store about 11.20 p.m., Feb. 1.’
‘Have you ever seen me before?’ asked accused. ‘Yes,’ replied the chief. ‘I’ve seen you many times. You were pointed out to me in Toronto one day. I know you quite well - both you and your half-brother. I’ve seen Nicholls quite often too.’
‘I am at a disadvantage,’ said Gallow. ‘I have been incaarcerated for two and a half months and hvae had no chance to get defence witneses, but you have been free to get all the witnesses you wanted. I haven’t even a lawyer.’
‘That’s your own fault,’ replied Judge McGibbon
[AL: Radd or Bradd (#6584) was not his real name - he was actually William Bradt, or William Simpson, who had served two previous penitentiary terms going back to 1931 (when he was still a teenager - he had gone through the 1932 riot and was considered a major agitator at that time). He was married with a child and had been unemployed for about three months previous to the Peterborough robbery. Gallow wouldn’t be sentenced for another few days.]












