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SUBVERSION CHARGES LENIENCY RECOMMENDED SECOND MAN ACQUITTED (By Telegraph. —Special to Times) AUCKLAND. Thursday Charges under the Public Safety Emergency Regulations were heard against three men before Mr Justice Fair in the Supreme Court. A carpenter. Henry Joseph Hurman, aged 39, was charged with publishing a subversive sticker bearing the words “No more troops for overseas. N.Z. comes first”; with having a number of these stickers in his possession; and with having a pamphlet entitled “Forward” with a view to publishing the subversive statements it contained. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on each of the three counts. A rider recommending leniency was added, the jury considering that accused's efforts were more misguided than wilful. His Honour noted the recommendation and remanded accused for sentence. A cabinet-maker, Alec Silverman, aged 27 (Mr Hogben) was found not guilty of publishing a subversive sticker containing the words “No more troops for overseas. N.Z. comes first.” Throe charges, identical with those against Ilurman, were preferred against Herbert Henry Swann, carpenter, aged 31, who pleaded not guilty. The hearing will be continued tomorrow.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 7 February 1941, Page 7
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182FOUND GUILTY Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 7 February 1941, Page 7
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