MELBOURNE, Tuesday. - After a retirement of a quarter of an hour, the jury in the Court of General Sessions to-day returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Alan Howard Lannin (21), of Lillimur, farmer, was charged on two counts of having sent anonymous threatening letters demanding £500 from Donald Speed, manager of Auto Terms Ltd., Sydney, vehicle financiers and vendors.
Source: Trove Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Wednesday 17 December 1947 Page 5