DESERTED THREE YEARS AGO
Former Seaman In Court (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, Sept. 17. An Englishman who deserted from his ship in Wellington three years ago and married a New Zealand girl was told by Mr J. D. Willis, S.M., that he was liable to deportation when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin today. He was Henry Charles Newton, aged 25. On February 4, 1956, Newton deserted from the Huntingdon, said Inspector C. A. G. Mcßae. He was found on Saturday in Dunedin, where he was working as a welder. Newton’s counsel, Mr D. L. Wood, said Newton had married a New Zealand girl and they had one child and another was expected. He had been living under his own name and had made no attempt to evade the police in any way. The Magistrate fined Newton £5, costs £1 10s, solicitor’s fee £3 3s and allowed him bail of £lOO with one surety of £lOO. Newton was now subject to the provisions of the Seamen’s Act, said the Magistrate. He would have to be deported unless application was made to the Court within seven days for permission to remain in the country. Mr Wood said that such application would be made immediately.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29004, 18 September 1959, Page 7
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