A CITIZEN OF HEAVENS
FAILS TO REGISTER. John Wm. Rogers was charged in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington yesterday with failing to make application to be enrolled in the Reserve. : When asked to plead Rogers flourished a Bible, saying : “My religious convictions forbid me having anything to do with matters in connection with the wax.” 'lire Magistrate (Mr L. J. Reid): “We cannot go into your conscientious objections here.” Inspector _ Marsack remarked that the accused claimed the ordinary protection of a citizen of the Dominion. The Accused: "I do not claim any citizenship on earth. My citizenship is in heaven. I havo that faith in God that nothing can como to me than what God permits.” Finally the Magistrate said he would give the accused a chance to obey the law. He would he convicted and ordered to appear for sentence when called on.
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Evening Star, Issue 16398, 14 April 1917, Page 1
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144A CITIZEN OF HEAVENS Evening Star, Issue 16398, 14 April 1917, Page 1
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