CASE OF ALICE PARKIN SON
A meeting was held in the Globe Theatre, Auckland, on Sundaynight to consider a resolution for the release of Alio© Parkinson. Mr. H. Henderson wag. in the chair. Mr. E. Stevenson, on being called upon to speak, said that fhe case was one of the few where the unwritten law should step in. Miss Parkinson had shot a man who naO wronged her, and therefore he considered she should be given the benefit of the doubt. In a spirit of altruism the Labour party were coming forward, as it had previously done, to demand the release of the unfortunate young woman. Mr.. Stevenson accordingly moved the following resolution: “That this specially called mass meeting of Auckland citizens, held in the Globe Theatre, Sunday, February Ist* earnestly calls upon the Government to release Alice Parkinson from prison. Seeing there was no motive behind her act, except to vindicate her honour, we ar© satisfied that the public are unanimous in the belief that the prisoner has already been more than punished, and further detention is repugnant to all sense of British fair play and justice.” The resolution was carried unanimously.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 44, 4 February 1920, Page 4
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