Gaol Term For Reporter Who Wouldn’t Tell
(Received 11.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, March 24. The question: “Should a reporter tell?’ was revived at a magisterial inquiry into the alleged leakage of Budget secrets. Mr Geo. Heard, Parliamentary correspondent of the Rand “Daily Mail,” forecast the exact terms of the Budget a week before it was released. A subpoena did not disclose the subject of the charge, and Mr Heard’s counsel characterised the proceedings as a foraging expedition. He contended that the British Official Secrets Act did not apply in South Africa. Mr Heard refused to be sworn, whereupon he was sentenced to eight days' imprisonment. Pending an appeal, the sentence will not be enforced.
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Northern Advocate, 25 March 1937, Page 7
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113Gaol Term For Reporter Who Wouldn’t Tell Northern Advocate, 25 March 1937, Page 7
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