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IMPRISONED LABOUR OFFICIALS. “TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE.” (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, December 21. The General Council of the Trades Union Congress has written to Mr MacDonald protesting against the imprisonment of Tom Mann and Llewellyn. Describing the case as a travesty of justice and political persecution, they declare that the men were punished under obsolete statutes framed over a century ago for the purpose of suppression of political opinions and in totally different circumstances from to-day’s. The council, while condemning attempts to incite the unemployed to violence, declared that such sentences were likely to imperil the public peace, and urges their immediate release.
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Southland Times, Issue 21896, 23 December 1932, Page 5
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106APPEAL FOR RELEASE Southland Times, Issue 21896, 23 December 1932, Page 5
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