CONSPIRACY CASE.
Seven Labour Leaders Acquitted And Discharged.
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
SYDNEY, October 30.
There was an abrupt conclusion at the Sydney Criminal Court to-day of the trial "of ' seven Labour leaders. Defendants were:— J. S. Garden, secretary of the Trades and Labour Council; J. Kavanagh, chairman of the Disputes Committee; J. Culbert, M.L.C., secretary of the Timber Workers' Union; C. Reeves and'M. P. Ryan, members of the Disputes Committee; E. W. Paten and W. Terry, timber workers' organiser..
The charges were that defendants had conspired with other persons unknown (1) by violence or threats to prevent timber workers from following their lawful occupations; (2) to molest and intimidate the workmen of George Hudson, Limited, Glebe, and so force them to leave their employment, to the detriment of their employers; (3) to riotously assemble persons to assault the workmen at Hudson's.
The foreman announced that the jury was of opinion that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant the conviction of defendants.
The seven men were thereupon acquit ted and discharged.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 258, 31 October 1929, Page 7
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