APPEAL DISMISSED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18581, 15 December 1934, Page 16

APPEAL DISMISSED

GRIFFEN GOES TO GAOL KISCH'S FURTHER ACTION (Received December 15, 12 noon.) SYDNEY, Dee. 14. Gerald Griffon's appeal against his sentence of six months for being a prohibited immigrant was withdrawn to-day, and the Appeal Court judge confirmed the conviction and ordered Griffen to pay £4 4s costs. Griffen was then conveyed to Parramatta gaol. It was announced that Griffon’s counsel had applied to the magistrate who heard the caso to state a special case for the opinion of the Supreme Court.

Acting-Justice Markell, in Chambers, refused an order permitting Kisch to appeal against his recent conviction for having failed to pass the dictation test in Gaelic.

The High Court to-day granted a rule nisi returnable on Monday, staying further proceedings against Kiseli as a prohibited immigrant until the question of whether the Scottish dialect, Gaelic, could be termed a European language under .the Commonwealth Immigration Act had been decided. SYDNEY, Dec. 15,

Commonwealth police officers visited a newsreel theatre and' seized a film of Kisch and Griffen, which included pictures of Fisch’s reception in Svdnev.