VERDICT OF GUILTY
,J " ♦ 1 ATEMPT TO PUBLISH A SUBVERSIVE DOCUMENT (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May. 8. After a retirement of 20 minutes,, the jury in-the Supreme Court' to-day found Arthur Herbert Carman, aged 38. a bookseller, guilty of attempting to publish a subversive document, but not guilty of attempting to conduct a meeting prohibited under the Public Safety Emergency Regulations. The 'prisoner, who was remanded; for sentence, posted eight copies of a leaflet entitled "Defend peace and freedom at borne,” written by the secretary of the Christian 1 Pacifist Society to residents of Johnsonville.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23324, 9 May 1941, Page 7
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