BOON ACQUITTED
CHARGE OF AIDING THE ENEMY (Rec. 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 20 Major Boon has been acquitted oi : all charges of voluntarily assisting the enemy. He has been released. . Major Boon’s acquittal cost him his life’s savings of nearly £4OOO says the Daily Express. The finding also means that it is unlikely that others forced to act as liaison officers in German and Japanese prison camps will be tried for aiding the enemy. Major Boon, when leaving the court, was asked by photographers to smile. “I haven’t smiled for five'years,” he said, and then did.'
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 September 1946, Page 5
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96BOON ACQUITTED Greymouth Evening Star, 21 September 1946, Page 5
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