Man of German Descent in Prohibited Area
HIDING IN BUSHES Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 26. A man of German descent, Rudolph Eirter, aged 42, a wharf labourer, who has been all his life in New Zealand, was charged in the Magistrate's Court with trespassing without permission on a defence area. The police said that Hirter, with a powerful pair of binoculars in his possession, was found hiding in some bushes. Hirter admitted that he saw signs prohibiting entry and ignored them. Counsel said that it was a case of carelessness and was not a deliberate offence. Hirter was below Brown Hill and was not in a position to see or observe gun emplacements. As far as ships were concerned, Hirter was on the wharf every day? and there was no need to scale the hills to see what was going on. Actually Hirter was looking for bottles and was in the habit of carrying binoculars with him. The magistrate, Mr J. L. Stout, said that not so long ago another man got 14 days’ imprisonment for the same offence, and that had not been a sufficient deterrent. He imposed a sentence of 21 days’ hard labour.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 124, 27 May 1941, Page 6
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