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FINE OF £50
VIOLENCE ADVOCATED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
PALMEBSTON N., This Day.
In the Magistrate's Court Leo Sim, of Hiniatangi, was fined £50 for having in his possession for sale or distribution books or pamphlets which advocated violence or expressed a seditious intention. Default wus fixed at three months' imprisonment. "In fixing a penalty,'' stated tho Magistrate, "I must take into consider, ation the acts of violence which have been perpetrated in other centres. The people are too finely British to allow this literature to be circulated among them, but, unfortunately, in times of distress there are always a number of malcontents. Sim has not always been a propagandist, in this class of work, and his intelligence should enable him to hold a better position, but those engaged in propaganda against society and in distribution of seditious literature must be punished. Some time ago action was taken in Wellington against some of tho leaders, and I do not see why the defendant should be treated any different from the others." The defendant asked for directions as to the lodging of an appeal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 95, 19 October 1931, Page 8
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