German Deserters’ Fate
[Special to “Northern Advocate”!
NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day.
Appearing in the New Plymouth Police Court for two German deserters from the barque Kommodore Johnsen, Mr H. S. Western said that if the men were sent back to Germany they would be treated as military deserters, for which there was a severe penalty. In reply to the magistrate, Mr Western said that the men were cadets on a vessel which was a training ship. Mr Western said he appeared for one of the accused, Karl Schroeder. Schroeder’s uncle, who was a naturalised American citizen, and a seaman on the liner Monterey, had deposited £IOO, which could be used in lieu of a bond for Schroeder if he were permitted to stay in New Zealand. Mr Western added that Mr F. L. | Frost, M.P. for New Plymouth, had interested himself in the case of the two Germans. The Minister of Customs had been approached so that facts in favour of the accused could be more fairly represented to him. The magistrate remanded the two men to appear again on May 5. Joseph Stein, aged 18, and Karl Friedrich Drews, aged 19, who deserted from the Dortmund at Auckland on April 11, were arrested at New Plymouth, and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, and ordered to be placed on board the Dortmund when she j returns to Wellington to load for Ger- : many.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19390422.2.64
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 22 April 1939, Page 6
Word Count
233German Deserters’ Fate Northern Advocate, 22 April 1939, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in