PROTEST BY PROSECUTOR.
PLEA OF JUSTIFICATION AN ADMISSION. CAPT. DEWAR’S CERTIFICATES. (Received Friday, 11 p.m.) LONDON, April 5. At the Royal Oak Court-martial, the Prosecutor submitted that Admiral Collard 1 s behaviour was irrelevant. The plea of justification put by the defence tacitly admitted the offences. He added that every unfounded rumour regarding the incidents had been exploited and. many unfair .and .untrue innuendoes made. Admiral Collard had a perfect right to find fault when hie orders were not carried out. His method of fault-finding might or might not be open to question, but the trial’s notoriety might have been avoided by more deliberate reflection. Captain Dewar’s certificates of service declared him to be “a zealous and efficient executive officer of excellent judgment, who will do well in the higher ranks.” Captain Dewar, on hearing the - sentence, smiled. — (Australian Press Association.)
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Wairarapa Age, 7 April 1928, Page 5
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