GLASGOW TRIAL
A COMMONER CONVICTED WANTED TO GO TO PRISON (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received sth August, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, 4th August. Commoner McGovern and eight others were fined £3 in default 20 days’ imprisonment for speaking without a permit at Glasgow Green. McGovern exclaimed from the dock: “I don’t want time to pay. I will go to prison. However, as McGovern’s counsed asked that time be given the Magistrate ordered that ten days be allowed in which to McGovern declares his intention of persisting in his free speech campaign.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 August 1931, Page 5
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91GLASGOW TRIAL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 August 1931, Page 5
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