STOKER DISMISSED FROM NAVY
SUPERIOR OFFICER STRUCK (United Press Association.) Auckland, October 19. For the offence of striking a superior officer and disobeying orders, Stoker Stephen Quinn, of H.M.S. Wellington, who has been five years in the Royal Navy, was sentenced this morning 'by a Naval Court to six months’ imprisonment and dismissed from his Majesty’s service. Quinn pleaded guilty to both counts. The court-martial was held aboard H.M.S. Achilles, Captain J. G. Glennie, of the Achilles, presiding. . The case, as set out by the prosecutor, Commander J. B. E. Hall, was that on October 8 Quinn returned at 7.15 a.m. from all night leave. At 7.30 he was ordered to the boiler room and was ordered by a petty officer to clean a boiler. He refused and the petty officer reported the matter. The chief stoker ordered Quinn to perform
the duty, but Quinn refused, argued with the chief stoker and aimed several blows at him, one of which struck him on the jaw. Quinn, in extenuation, pleaded that he had been drinking heavily the previous night and was suffering from the after-effects. He expressed regret and said that he had no personal animosity against either officer. The Court ordered the sentence to be served in the Auckland gaol.
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Southland Times, Issue 23025, 20 October 1936, Page 8
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