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CASE OF REV. o. E. BURTON. (By IWegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. The Chief Justice, Sir Michael M vers to-day dismissed the appeal of Ormonc Edward Burton, minister of religion, aged 47, from hie conviction by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., on a charge of obstruct - ing a police officer in the course of hi* duty. The appellant was arretted after he had rejected the advice of the police that he should not speak at one of the meetings held by the Christian Pacifist Society at the corner of Manners Street and Dixon Street on Friday nights. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the magistrate.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 90, 16 April 1940, Page 8
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