UNUSUAL CASE.
SEQUEL TO CONVERSATION
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, March 14. Charged with a breach oi the censorship and publicity emergency regulations, Francis Allan Townsend, aged 37, a carpenter, appeared before Mi F. H. Levien, S.M., in the Policfi Court. The charge was that on January 4, at Palnierston North, in a manner likely to prejudice public safety, defendant published information which might be useful to the enemy. The case was the first of its kind to be heard in New Zealand and the Court was cleared. Evidence was given that in a barber's saloon defendant had been overheard by a military officer speaking about confidential defence work 911 which he was engaged. A police witness said there was no suggestion that defendant was not a loyal British subject. Defendant, giving evidence, said he did not think he had disclosed information that could be of use to anyone. . . the Magistrate deferred his decision.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 90, 15 March 1941, Page 7
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153UNUSUAL CASE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 90, 15 March 1941, Page 7
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