LOST CIVIL RIGHTS.
EVADING DEFENCE LAWS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. Before two Justices of the Peace at Gisborne, James Seal appeared on a charge ol failing to register as required by the Defence Act. Senior-Sergeant Fitzpatrick said defendant had not registered at all and was pow over the age limit and would not have to serve. Defendant said he was a slaughterman and he worked at various places. He admitted he was aware that he had to register. During the past year he worked at the Hawke’s Bay, Waipaoa and Hick’s Bay freezing works, and the previous year he was in Australia. He admitted he had been ffring in Gisborne about eight or nine years. The Magistrate said: “You have practically evaded service for three years and therefore you will be deprived of your civil rights for the same period, and you will be fined £1 and costs.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1924, Page 5
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150LOST CIVIL RIGHTS. Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1924, Page 5
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