A DISLOYAL UTTERANCE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 8 December 1916, Page 7

A DISLOYAL UTTERANCE.

I FINE OF £2O. : i&\) Tf'leQravh—c if»s Association■ ) | CHIUSTCHCRCH, Wednesday. | In the' Lytelton- Magistrate's Court I to-day Charles Ansell was charged that on November 7th, at Lyttelton, he made a statement ./indica ting disi'loyalty in respect of-the present war, :to wit: "I won't fight- lor my wife and children. .Every sixpence spent in making a bullet for the destruction Of humanity is lust of money. The Germans have given us all wo want, and will give us more." Defendant pleaded not guilty. The statement complained of was made at a. public recruiting meeting addressed by Mr Isitt, M.P. Defendant, in evidence, said he had two brothers in the Navy. One was a prisoner of war in Germany, and one was in hospital and was goincr to i the firing line. When witness arrived i at the meeting Mr Isitt was talking on wartime economy, not l'ec'ruiting. aad tho only time he spoke was when he asked the speaker if lie did not think that every sixpence spent on munitions was a waste just as'much as that spent on beer. He asked the question from the economic point of view. The Magistrate fined him £2O ami costs. • ■ ' '£