THE CONSPIRACY CASE
PERTH TRIAL CONCLUDED TWO ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY (Rec. 8 p.m.) PERTH, June 24. Laurence Bullock and Charles Williams were found guilty in the Perth Criminal Court of having conspired to assist the Japanese Empire. Both were remanded for sentence. Nancy Krakouer and Edward Quirke were found not guilty of the same charge. The jury made a special recommendation for mercy in the case of Williams.
Krakouer and Quirke, who, like the other accused, have been interned under the National Security Regulations since March 9, were remanded to their former custody. The trial lasted 16 days.
The accused were charged with having contravened the Crimes Act between February 1 and March 9 of this year by conspiring to assist a public enemy, th_e Japanese Empire. The accused were Laurence Frederick Bullock, aged 44, an organiser for the Primary Producers' Association; Charles Leonard Williams, aged 35, an insurance agent; Edward Cunningham Quirke, aged 30, a dairy farmer; and Nancy Krakouer, aged 29, an employee of the Postal Department. The Crown contention was that the prisoners took part in activities aimed at the overthrow of the Curtin Government and the substitution of an Australia First National Socialist Government.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24951, 25 June 1942, Page 5
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