FAILED TO REPORT
WAR SERVICE EVADED THREE BROTHERS GAOLED (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. A plea that they should be given the benefit of new regulations not yet gazetted, providing for the establishment of detention camps for conscientious objectors, was made by three Darfield brothers who were charged before Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., in Darfield, thjs morning with failing to report to the military authorities in accordance with a Gazette notice and the national emergency regulations. They were Kenneth Edgar Adams, Raymond Leslie Adams, and Thomas Allen Adams, farmers, of Darfield. Each pleaded not guilty, and the cases were heard separately. “There is no reason that I am aware of why these cases should not be disposed of by ine here and now,” said the magistrate in passing sentence. “Each defendant is liable to a term of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three rhonths, or to a fine of not more than £SO. This is not a case for a fine. Each defendant will be sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour in Paparua gaol.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 9
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179FAILED TO REPORT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 9
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