IN NEW ZEALAND.
A SOLDIER'S LAPSE.
SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS'
IMPRISONMENT-
WELLINGTON, June 28
General orders issued to-day state thafc a general court-martial was held at Zeitoun, Egypt, on April 5, for the trial of No 10-166 a, Corporal John Springer, of Wellington Battalion, on charges:—(l) Eudeavouriug to persuade persons in the New Zealand Expoditionary Force to join in,a mutiny; and (2) conduct to the prejudice of good ordor and military discipline.
He... was sentenced to undergo penal servitude for three years, and "be discharged; with ignominy .•front:" His Majesty's-service. ■■•<•■ .-■:■'•'■■•..•■ :
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9178, 29 June 1915, Page 6
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