STOKER'S OFFENCES
TROUBLE ON WARSHIP
GAOL AND DISMISSAL
(By Telegraph.—Press sssoemion.) AUCKLAND, This Day.
For the offence of striking a superior officer and disobeying orders, a stoker on H.M.S. Wellington, Stephen Quinn, who has been five years in the Imperial branch of the Naval Service, was sentenced this morning by a Naval Court to six months' imprisonment, and dismissed from His Majesty's service. Quinn pleaded guilty to both counts.
The court-martial was held aboard H.M.S; Achilles, Captain Glennie, commander of the Achilles, presiding.
The case, as set out by the prosecutor, Commander Hall, was that on October 8 Quinn returned at 7.15 a.m. from all-night leave. At 7.30 he was ■ ordered to the boiler room and there ordered by a petty officer to clean a boiler, but refused. The petty officer reported the matter to the chief stoker, who again ordered Quinn to perform the duty; Quinn refused and argued with the chief stoker. He aimed several blows at him, one of which struck him on the jaw.
Quinn, in extenuation, pleaded that he had been drinking heavily on the previous night and was suffering from the after-effects. He expressed regret and said he had no personal animosity against either officer. The Court ordered the sentence to be served at Auckland Gaol.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 18, 19 October 1936, Page 11
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