COURT-MARTIAL.
WANGANUI, January 21. The- court-martial to try Lieutenant Crampton in connection with matters pertaining to the Wanganui detention barracks will sit at Wanganui on the 29th inst. It is understood that Lieutenantcolonel Colquhoun will preside, and associated with him will be Majors Hume, Mackeiy, Henty, Asswith, Talbot, and Captain Smith. "Captain P. E. Baldwin will be judgo advocate. Eleven charges have been preferred against Lieutenant Crampton, alleging illtreatment and permitting unnecessary force to bo used on soldiers. Charges have been laid alleging that Lieutenant Crampton ill-treated the following prisoners a.t the barracks: —Private Harry Wilson, W. B. Donovan, Joseph M'Oonvillo, Thomas Moynihan ; AUster Beaton, Wilfred Badger, Frederick Pallesen, and George Corian.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19190129.2.56
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3385, 29 January 1919, Page 20
Word Count
112COURT-MARTIAL. Otago Witness, Issue 3385, 29 January 1919, Page 20
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in