PRISONER IN TOWER
HIS FATHER’S PLEADS “FAIR PLAY’’ FOR SON LONDON. March 1. Lieutenant-Colonel C. 11. BaillieWright. a former Indian Army officer and father of the prisoner in the Tower of London, who changed his name by deed poll to Baillie-Stewart, writes to the “News-Chronicle” marshalling the facts which will he the subject of Labour questions in the House of Commons. 'fhe father demands that his son be given a chance at least equal to that of criminals to prepare his defence unhindered. Ho has been closely confined. the father says, for 39 days, and was spirited away from Aidershot to the Tower without being told his destination. Ho was refused permission to communicate witn his solicitor and a sentry with fixed bayonet stood beside him for the first few weeks while he shaved. Lieutenant Baillie-Stewart, of the Seaforth Highlanders, -was committed to the Tower on a. charge of committing an alleged offence against the Official Secrets Act.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 65, 10 March 1933, Page 3
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