REMANDED IN CUSTODY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 53, 4 March 1930, Page 3

REMANDED IN CUSTODY.

APIA SOLICITOR CHARGED. ALLEGED DEFAMATORY LIBEL. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. Following proceedings for alleged defamatory libel, T. B. Slipper, solicitoi, of Apia, was remanded in custody in Western Samoa pending the written judgment of the Court. The following official report on the matter was issued to-day:— "The Prime Minister has been advised by the Administrator of Western Samoa, Mr. S. S. Allen, that as a result of a communication said to have been addressed by T. B. Slipper, solicitor, of Apia, to the Administrator, the Commodore,'the Chief Judge of Western Samoa and the Prime Minister, proceedings for defamatory libel under section 153 of the Samoa Act, 1921, and for insulting words under section 154, were taken against him. The communication said to have been addressed to the Prime Minister has not yet been received, and no information is as yet available here as to the terms of the document which is the subject of the proceedings. The hearing, which was commenced before the Chief Judge on February 26 (Apia time), was concluded on February 27, and Slipper was remanded in custody until March 3 pending a written judgment."