FEATHERSTON CAMP ECHO.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 63, 2 March 1921, Page 5

FEATHERSTON CAMP ECHO.

WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED SOLDIER. Wellington, March 1. The necessary papers in connection with the opening of the Magisterial inquiry into the case of H. H. Thompson, arising out of a court-martial, have been forwarded to the GovernorGeneral for execution. During the last session of Parliament Thompson petitioned for compensation for alleged wrongful imprisonment by the military authorities, to have his name and the offence with which he was charged expunged from the military records and to have the fact announced m the Gazette. The offence for which he wa’s ordered 112 days’ confinement was an allegation that a doctor who examined him was noticeably under the influence of alcoholic liquor. Subsequently the doctor’s wife secured a divorce on the grounds that her husband was an habitual drunkard. Thompson was released after 93 days. The House of Representatives adopted the recommendation of the Petitions Committee that his position should receive favourable consideration. To enable the finding of the court-martial to be inquired into it was necessary to amend the Commissions of Inquiry Act- This was done and the outcome is the taking of steps for a Magisterial inquiry.