SOLDIERS' SENTENCED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17328, 30 May 1918, Page 6

SOLDIERS' SENTENCED.

Ihc following- soldiers, found guilty bv % dlS u lC , t at Trentham Camp of wilful disobedience of the commands of a superior officer, have been sentenced to two years imprisonment Private W E Davidson A.S a; Private A. E. J. Church] ?rl^ tc . w - C - .*"• Hill, Details; Private E. Higgins, Details. Except in the case of Private Hill, the sentence is to hard labour for the term) stated. Other court-martial sentences which have been confirmed are a s follow:—For deserting when under orders for active service !? s,n f„ equipment, Private L. H. James] Details, 128 days detention, and stoppages °J n W !° r deficiences in kit amounting to S Roone y' Details, 80 days detention and stoppages of pay t 0 , r dejiciences in kit amounting- to , 173 , ld ! absence without leave and loss of equipment, Private (temp-corporal) A. D. Walton, Details, 90 days' detention, and stoppages to pay for deficiencies in kit amounting to £3 14s Bd. In each case the sentence is mitigated to provide for remission of the balance of the sentence at the tin a I port of disembarkation when the soldiers leave on active service. Another soldier, for being absent without leave wh«i under orders for active ser'""I"? «l"?p«ncnt, was sentenced to 23 days' detention and stoppages of pay amounting to 5s Bd. Private H. G, BWhard. A.5.0., has been pardoned bv his Excellency the Governorgeneral, and his sentence lias been remitted I"™ ,S r MtdiS cS^™ k! ' t,kin « 10 -™