GAOL FOR PACIFISTS
FOR REFUSING TO HANDLE A
RIFLE.
(POItLISHBD IN 181 TIUSS.A (Received August 24, 9 a.m.)
LONDON", 23rd August. John P. Fletcher, a pacifist, formerly in Australia and New Zealand, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour for refusing to handle a, rifle at Whitley Bay.
[Fletcher in May last was fined 6100 by a London Court for issuing a leaflet entitled "Repeal the Act," which was cdnsidered likely to prejudice recruiting and discipline in His Majesty's forces.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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83GAOL FOR PACIFISTS Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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