Charges of Disloyalty
CIVIL SERVANT FINED £25 Wellington, December 18 Francis Peter Hagen, Civil Servant, on four charges of publishing disloyal utterances was fined at the Court. Jellicoe for accused, intimated that he would probably appeal against the decteionIt was alleged that the defendant said: “ There goes a sihy lot of They will get all they are looking tor ; that on another occasion he said he would be as well off under German rule as British rule. He further said : “ Nurse Cavell deserved all she got; she was nothing but a spy,” and that he justified the sinking of the transport .Marquette. Eventually another officer of the department protested, and defendant was suspended.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIII, Issue 15711, 20 December 1915, Page 3
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113Charges of Disloyalty Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIII, Issue 15711, 20 December 1915, Page 3
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