SUBVERSION ALLEGED
TWO MEN ON TRIAL CONDUCTING THEIR OWN DEFENCE | Per Preaa Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 12. The hearing of subversion charges against Harold Alexander Ostler and Travers Burnell Christopher Christie was begun in the Supreme Court today before Mr. Justice Northcroft. The two accused elected to conduct their own cases. When the Court adjourned at 4.50 p.m. all the evidence for the Crown had been heard. The proceedings will be continued to-mor-row morning. Accused intimated that they would not give or call evidence for the defence. Accused were jointly charged that they published a subversive statement, that they attempted to publish a subversive statement, that they had in their possession certain copies of “The People’s Voice” with a view to facilitating publication of a subversive statement and that they had in their possession typewriters, paper and material with a view to facilitating the publication of a subversive statement.
The date of the alleged offences was stated as August 8. Both accused pleaded not guilty.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 37, 13 February 1941, Page 6
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