POSSESSING EXPLOSIVES
COMMUNIST CHARGED. ?Betttfer4 Telegram - LONDON, January 15. 'Percy Gibson, a prominent Communist, reappeared at' Newcastle.on a-fur-ther charge of possessing explosives with intent to- endanger life. He pleaded not guilty, ana was committed for trial: i
Gibson was; charged at Newcastle, with'.being in, possession of explosives. The prosecution 'stated that he had a secret room, where he told friends that he wished to blow up the Town Hall, when the Crty Couiicfl was sitting, and then the power stations. When the ;city was in darkness, the Communists 'would loot shops. Much Communist literature , advocating violence for political purposes was round in his room. Gibson, when caught on the quay "with the explosives, said that he intended to dump. them in the river. He was remanded. .
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12039, 17 January 1925, Page 6
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