CHARGES AGAINST PRINTERS

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24570, 19 May 1945, Page 6

CHARGES AGAINST PRINTERS

MAGISTRATE FINDSLIM 'DEFENOANI|i@

DEFINITION OP Jg||B (PA.) The interpretation of .the teayTOCTfeWj paganda” wag discussed by ling, S.M., in a reserved given in a case in which Helleur, printer, and the TimesjlptaSMi ing Works, Ltd., were commencing printing certain jAwBBjMI lets containing propaganda, nainellME those entitled “Toe Truth Greece,” without the prior coxt&magm the .Factory- Controller. ■'fCmjm. The charges were heard on MayaHE Mr Rosen prosecuting on behalf of «K Ministry of Supply. -■■ ■/•■■ • -s|M| • “Mr Findlay.-for the mits that the defendant, Helleur, pratefl| ed. the pamphlet without counsel agree that of ‘propaganda’ istheomy- tavmmmm consideration in deciding not an offence has teen coffifflßtMM and accordingly I confine ttiymamWSm answer to that question,' ■■ The Magistrate said ttet fflrPegaMß or common usage t the 'dantt 3piHH ganda” was given divert meOmngW<«aK was loosely applied to persuasion or influence. mitted, however, that the tion should be confined to the minings in^ “Tam unable pamphlet itself, Ot in tte JBKni he said, ‘‘that it Is connected organisation, or that it has tWIJMBW fle qualities or features of 1» movement, systematic achWg^g Wsßaßk like. Consequently, iniHT there is no proof that the peiflMlWW contains the necessary elements? uSiliSMai paganda, It seems to me that tte39BSiigH phlet, while containing the WiWBMH tion of ideas and principles, 1$ nctipMßH cessarily propaganda." • . - Both charges were dismisaedi ’ •