ADDED OFFENCE
LABOURER'S ADDRESS TO BENCH [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 16. Remarking that people came before the court and used it as a form in which to do the thing which the law prohibited, the magistrate (Mr Luxford) to-day checked James Doherty (32) } a labourer, in an address ho was making to the Bench. Doherty, who was stated to have spoken on behalf of the Christian Pacifists, was charged with obstructing Superintendent Lopdoll in the execution of his duty, and also with conducting a prohibited meeting. On the first charge he was convicted and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, and on the second ho was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.
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Evening Star, Issue 23861, 16 April 1941, Page 6
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114ADDED OFFENCE Evening Star, Issue 23861, 16 April 1941, Page 6
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