SUBVERSION CHARGE
MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL (PHES3 ASSOCIATION TZLEGEA.M.) WELLINGTON, November 13. The possession of copies of the “Tribune," cyclostyled successor to the banned “People’s Voice,” with a view to facilitating the publication of a subversive statement, was alleged against Edward Harrison, janitor of Weir House, who appeart i in the Magistrate’s Court, before Mr W. F. Stilwell, S.M., to-day. He was also charged with having copies in his possession, and further with having in his possession three copies of a booklet, "Peace and Socialism," by Dimitrov, with a view to facilitating the publication of a subversive statement. He pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. The police' witnesses said that while they were searching his room. Harrison said he was secretary of the Friends of the Soviet Union, and the illustrated Russian magazines he had in his possession had been sent to him through the post in the usual way in his capacity as secretary. Bail was allowed.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23177, 14 November 1940, Page 12
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