M.P. "ARRESTED"

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 9

M.P. "ARRESTED"

WIN FOR THE ACCUSED

One evening this week a large number of suburban returned soldiers gathered together to exchange reminiscences and renew acquaintances, and a quartermaster-sergeant was appointed to issue a rum ration before proceedings commenced. The only person present who refused to "splice the mainbrace" was a well-known member of Parliament and his refusal led to his "arrest" later in the evening.

The gathering was proceeding in the usual cheerful spirit of such meetings when the chairman announced that a serious breach of military law had been committed, and requested the ser-geant-major to do his duty. The ser-geant-major promptly apprehended the offender, who showed considerable surprise but submitted with a good grace. The charge was read and the evidence of the quartermaster-sergeant and his assistant heard, and then the president of the "court" asked the victim if he had anything to say. To the consternation of the "court" the member of Parliament turned the tables on the returned men by declaring that he had refused the rum issue because it had too much water in it.

When proper gravity had been restored the president "let the alleged offender off lightly," with seven days' C.B.