COURT-MARTIAL AT SYDNEY.
. DESERTION IN A, BOAT. , COLONIAL SAILORS SENTENCED. By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright. (Received May 31. 1 a.m.) Sydney, May 30. Tbkkk colonial seamen belonging to H.M.s. Challenger, named Hannan (Invercargill), Figtree (Sydney), and Hopkins (Queensland), were tried by court-martial to-day aboard the Challenger. The men took a boat belonging to "their vessel, at night, and escaped ashore. Hannan also is charged with stealing a. shipmate's clothes. Several boats from the warship went in pursuit of the men, but failed to capture them. They subsequently were arrested ashore. They pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13191, 31 May 1906, Page 5
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