COURT MARTIAL SYSTEM
INQUIRY IN BRITAIN
RIGHTS OF APPEAL
(British Oflicinl Wireless.) RUGBY, March 15,
The Secretary of State for War, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha, announced in the House of Commons the formation of a committee to examine the system ol B trial by court martial under the Army and Air Force Acts, and particularly to consider whether it was desirable and practicable that a person convicted by court martial should have the right to appeal to a civil judicial tribunal.
The committee comprises Mr. Roland Oliver, K.C. (chairman), Mr. Tristram Beresford, K.C., Sir Felix Cassel, K.C., Mr. J. G. Lawson, M.P., Air Vice-Marshal C. A. Longeroft, and General Sir Felix Eady.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19585, 17 March 1938, Page 5
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