THE DEATH PENALTY
RETENTION TN ARMY EXTREME CASES ONLY DESERTION NOT INCLUDED [llY TELKOItAI'Fl —OWN CORRESPONDENT] CHUISTCHURCH. Thursday Except for serious criminal offences capital punishment has been abolished in the Army, according to a statement made by the Minister for Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, in reply to two correspondents whose letters to the editor of the Press were referred to him. The Minister stated that field punishment Xo. 1 has been abolished for some years. in bis: reply, the Minister said that he had received inquiries on the points raised in the letters from a number of organisations. "The death penalty in the Army is now only inflicted in respect of serious criminal offences." the Minister said. "It would not apply in the case of desertion and similar lesser crimes, but generally speaking it has been retained for offences such as treacherously assisting the enemy, and for a crime which in civil law would merit capital punishment."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23488, 27 October 1939, Page 11
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