MISSIONARY’S CRIME
EXTRAORDINARY CASE IN CONGO.
ILL-TREATMENT OF NATIVES.
By Telegraph—Pi-ess Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.30 p.m. Capetown, Nov. 24. With the assistance of the British con-sul-general at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, the Union Department of External Affairs, has investigated an extraordinary case in which a South African missionary, Jeremiah Puren, was sentenced to imprisonment for 222 days and fined for offences against natives. He was convicted on 25 counts which included beating 85 natives, men, women and children, "arresting” 94 natives and unauthorised entry into four native houses. The charges were- proved and admitted by Puren who was stationed in a lonely district where there are no Europeans. The Consul-General states that Puren will serve 66 days’ sentence, after which he will be deported.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1934, Page 5
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