RIFLE DESTROYED
OBJECTION TO IMPRESSMENT
A man who destroyed his .303 calibre rifle before he received on i m press- ; ment notice from the Government, ' Keir Hardie Samms, appeared in the : Christchurcli Police Court on Satur- | day. before Mr. E. C. Lcvvey, S.M., j charged with failing to yive notice ot I the destruction uf tho rifie to the I authorised arms oflicer. lie pleaded [guilty and was fined 20s and costs. Sub-Inspector E. T. C. Turner, who prosecuted, said thai Samms was .sent an impressment notice for the ril'lo j from the National Service Department. SHe wrote back say in u1 lhat hi; had ; destroyed the riile. "Inquiries were I made, and Samms made a statement tv ! the police in which lie said that, be- ; cause of his holding conscientious views, he had anticipated the im pressI ment notice and destroyed the riile, ; throwing it in pieces into the Heathi cote River," said Mr., Turner. Samms ! said that he had not been aware that Ihe had to notify the destruction ol the riile. He did .so immediately the I impressment notice was sent.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 140, 16 June 1941, Page 3
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184RIFLE DESTROYED Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 140, 16 June 1941, Page 3
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