FASCISTS CHARGED.
ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT. CASE ADJOURNED. (Received Sunday, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, February 24. William Symes, Arthur Mills, and Albert Sharman, officials of the British Union of Fascists, were charged with grievous bodily harm to George Richardson, otherwise Malcolm Scott, a Press contributor. Evidence was given that the scene of the. alleged offence was the Fascist headquarters at Chelsea, where Richardson assisted the recruiting. He wrote a letter to a journalist giving views on the Fascist policy and receiving £T, after which he was summoned to the presence of the chief of the staff, who abused him, deprived him of his badge, and struck him on the mouth. Mills and Sharman punched him. Five men, including the three accused, sat on him while Symes made him drink half a pint of castor oil, declaring: "We take the law into our own hands,” and threatened more severe treatment unless he ascribed the injuries to his face and dental plate to an accident. This case was adjourned.
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Wairarapa Age, 26 February 1934, Page 5
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