Commander’s Plea
(N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) SYDNEY, Aug. 20.
Captain J. P. Stevenson, commander of the Australian aircraft-carrier H.M.A.S. Melbourne, today pleaded not guilty before a court-martial arising from the fatal collision between his vessel and the American destroyer Frank E. Evans in the South China Sea last June. After a 38-minute hearing, the court was adjourned until Saturday to enable defence and prosecution counsel to confer about navigation evidence.
The court-martial is being held at H.M.A.S. Penguin, a Royal Australian Navy shore base at Balmoral.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32072, 21 August 1969, Page 11
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