THREATS TO KING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 10, 12 January 1934, Page 7

THREATS TO KING.

OLD BAILEY TRIAL. Man Who Claims to Have Royal Blood. "HOUNDED AND PESTERED." {United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON", January 11. Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon, who is charged with demanding money from King George by means of threats, appeared at the Old Bailey to-day. Ho intimated that he had desired from the outset to show that he had grounds for making appeals to the King for justice. The Prosecutor: I cannot subpoena witnesses who are not relevant to the charge. Those you indicate do not seem to come to the actual issue of the charge. Haddon: Rightly or wrongly, I am trying to show that I have been hounded and pestered all my life through a certain belief. These people could verify my statement. The Prosecutor: -That does not hear on guilt or innocence in connection with this particular charge. Haddon: I have witnesses to say that my mother secretly married the late Duko of Clarence (brother of the King). ■ His Honor: We won't say anything about that at the moment. I will grant the * subpoenas, but it is my duty to decide whether the witnesses should be heard. Haddon was remanded on bail until January 19.