THE “HUNGER MARCHER”
GETS TERM OF GAOL. APPEAL PROBABLE. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
. On the charge of inciting lawlessness, Herbert Edwin Barnsley,- an unemployed leader, was today sentenced to six weeks' gaol with hard labour. , Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., said: “The forces of law and order must be maintained and will be maintained, despite the ■ ebullitions of a few irresponsible people. There are a. few who do not abide by the laws of the country, which are made for our guidance and protection, and we mustsee that they are not impaired.” Barnsley, whose age is 52 years, indicated that he intended to appeal. The charge on which he was ’ convicted related to a suggestion by him for a “hunger march" to the Prime Minister’s farm at Cheviot, North Canterbury., The second charge was dismissed.
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Northern Advocate, 3 May 1932, Page 4
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