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SERGEANT-WAJOR MAHONEY. COtTRT-MARTIAi'S SENTENCE. INSUBORDINATION FOUND. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.} HAWERA, this day. "Guilty on all charges" is the finding of the Military Court-Martial which heard the allegations against Staff-Sergeant-Major C. B. Jxahoney, a warrant officer, first class, who was charged on June 10 with insubordination. He is sentenced '"to be reduced to the rank of staff-sergeant-major (warrant officer, second-class) and to take rank and precedence as if his appointment bore the date May 23." The charges against Sergeant-Major Mahoney were: (a) Disobeying a lawful command of a superior officer, Captain B. W. Harvey, when the Waverley Mounted Rifles were in camp, by refusing to go to his tent when ordered; (b) using insubordinate language, in that he said, "'I will not take any orders "from any territorial officer"; (c) acting to the prejudice of military discipline in that he called "Harvey," and performed an insulting act with his hands.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 143, 20 June 1927, Page 9
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 143, 20 June 1927, Page 9
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