AN OFFICER'S FALL.
CONDON, .July .27
Hoi'ore a court-martial, Lieutenant-Colonel-Charles Prior, commanding-the,, Transport.. Depot at, Deptford, was charged with unmilitary conduct in mv.j ting inferior officers to a. gambling house in the West End. All the officers lost at chemin do fer to an unknown American. ...
One officer gave evidence that h.c # refused to pay, suspecting card-Sharping., He ..stated that Prior informed him that he received £25 for taking hif, colleagues there. ' . >' Prior denied, this, and expressed regret for forgetting the regulations regarding gambling.
Tho case was continued in camera
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8204, 29 July 1915, Page 5
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90AN OFFICER'S FALL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8204, 29 July 1915, Page 5
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