FOUND GUILTY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 5

FOUND GUILTY.

: ;^i:p:KNYVECTCASE.:^[:;fv^:||; ; ■ DIS MISS E D'. FROMVrH E; SE R Vil M :;:;COMMENTS Olifv (By 'AESociatioiu:V-?JJ?»i;s .' '■'■"•■• ; -'-".?: V.'>'"Auckland,> Jwiuary:.7^'>; ; .'S; , The sequel the Bominion';aS; made .known:-this '■ mofningj' y^hen:i; Cap- \\tii tain :T?.-..8.; iihtj(watioii.S;p that 'he -had beeh\found : "guilrj ;and dis- ; - '■> ; rf .missed from caused; great '■'&■■'? ? : '-&'s ■ '•'ilt: will.be 'M remenibered'. that ■; somei'time:",'?v ago, ■CaptamV-',K..-B;>.\Knjvitt Vl'sMhhiii'&. coinpiny t :;tiiei.Nb.'l: r Auckiandi; .Garrispn : :J:'i;ii Artillery,' ;went 'down :to':WiUingtotfvas ! vi- 5 ■the;.guests of :thfl/:Petoiie Navals, ■f.-but'-Sf-Ji owing: to--' some'- friction'' the' ; 'head-uj '--'c quarters,';.it,being alleged:.:that thojvisit. : ; : *'v; was;|nndertaken; without, the; proper^ au-i:;' •'■ thorlty,:> came;back ':to "Auck-tS;V3 landinext day. An -inquiry; thislmatter, vahd'.Captain' v 'Kny'vett i ; was : -'<'.-■'£ exonerated from -''.i'■-':■>::] ■;.-.;A:|!sh6rt;.vrhile''-'' afterwards; ; wrote. a-letter.?-(n';tho , :Minister'fpr!De-; : iSws fence, making■.Vcertainvcharßes..aßainist:~''C- , i Chief,'of- S.taff' (ColonelVEo.bin), '-such'-'' as. interference, .want of tact, offioialism;V -"■;! ■:and, doing things that-dam'ped;,the. enthu-' ■?,-:': i siasm; of-.i-.tno'- forces'-throughoutlthe minion ;•'•; and ; ; it ,'. was';' out vof -:ihis Metter that .;■ the /.charges ''which ■ Captain KfcW Khyvett .-'vwasv arrested-' arose. : -l ■was done for .'sis -weeks,; when-: a"; board,' , - 1 '"H consisting ■ r ofv-Colonel 1 Major Sandtmah, i;and.'Captain--BosiTorth; r, --;sat?HS.'' 7 'to; hear the. case/, and it .-wasthen''found '■'££. that, the ~ oharges were ;• quite ', different from ••'. those , ,; upon : ;which ;; the ;\rrest: ! .wa3'^ : B made.'., ! -::.v ;-" j ■/;;;. v-'.v-:-'-.- 1 /:^':- 1 --'^'":--'-^---."-;/^

:.:-The ; -first.-'-intimation ; -lCap , jta{n : ''ltnyystt i - : '- : ' : ' receired'of the,result'.pf/the'inquiryi.w'u. , -';: .the,following..letter,-, dated;.this--morniugS:'/ from, the-Defehci: Office," addressed.;to : Patterson, 'as■■;■'■■ officer, commanding the. Garrison .lery.; in, Auckland 1 ::-^':^-'*;^-^:

h wS?S i r>. In'connection, iwiththe^' i".■■;« Inquiry;,convened?6n/December:2l^ ! ;^/ ; ;' ;■■•' for ■,: the; ■.purposo"; -of 'investigating P''ivft'»'' ! ;\ charges'preferred.'against • CaptainvP^K^ ,B. 'KnyjetV. No. • ■l-;.Cpmpany,\ A.nck-I''";4-; .•.land.Divisiion; New,' ZealandVG.A.i 1. , -?:having:bean\f6und guilty:'of iin-"acb'!n''> : . : % •,. to- the piwudice-bfCigbod' order \rg4™*y>:.uiscipline/-' hisTi'Exoellency^tes- , ,/: thp;iGoy^rno)f..:has, ; -:bben-.'." : ploasedv::',to W : !;;:Signify; ; lis ■.': pleasure', v under , ■...Setpon'iHtf;;c ftsi : (2)fofi]the; Defence Act,M9oß,"upon:\ s ! ; i'y; : •.; this officlT's• dismissal'from ~ '-.---, ' -'VV; .■%.^laiid:Wrape--fpre^V.- : and ,: 'witli''6f-^? i '-fS' : ! v: l f ect ■■, from • December: 31,' 1909; 'and' yon"s'!i ~} \ iVJnll please*.inforhiVhim; l accordingly,-";^'h'ti ■ :rppornpg.to'.this.office at ypur ; earnest^': J H .v.cpnvemciice having tlone-'sb; 1 I";noh.Will--appear in:tho nextfissue: r of '■^β,' ' _■■ theiNew.Zealand Gizottband General-tV '1: :;:/p|rders;^ v^'f;.:;:';7^;;;-: :i : -;;: ;^^^^.j;.;;( ;^(gy) ;rTlie;ietter''\vasvsigne'd : by;Cap(^n penter,; in,;the'absence-of;. Cblonel'fWoUeJi ; r:fe oftcer ■commahdihgV.the: district.-. ■ , KisAsfi' :sColpnolvPattorspn;. jvhb on, the v follow- y v-i5 ■ing. endorsement: 1 —- .':■ ■'M-M'iyK'Afi^!''■" ; -v^S

i'..,'..Forwarded , ; for., your , Information V-t'"' .-;. Please -notice; that iydur; services Jhart' y 'M t:"been; d^ehse^»Trith''aS':-irdm-iDecani'-'- ; '»'(-'v [\ Ber." m,:Wm^ :^K^;^i:^r/^^: 'M% ;V Captain /Kiiyjett' when:' seen; representative,."said:he -would'prefer not'-l-f to.; sayv'any thing :'ba> the; matter; at' f that :•: "1%, stagei;. beyond 'that : he .'was' surprised.-, l^• i-isV---.;'; .•-,-(Other* officers -.who ■'■were >interviewctl '&<['>: I talked', freely; ■pn.the nuestibni i .V^ : -! : r4-'i' ;.-i : ";The": Court; which.. inquired: Into.We-X/S ■charges," :*:: said>one : .well-linbwn ;"was neither '-'& "■. Corirfs of, Inquiry ( 'nor':< ?V' (Court-itself ■! saiiY ,-?•;' outset ?it : : v TOs^stated^that'-the: 1 ' Court^woiild'.uot;;inquire; 'into/'.the]: truth. ;or : ;pthcrwiso■■'of'-'tt'e allegations''contained".' -J-*--:ia, Captain; Knyyetfs; letter;:. but.::wbuld ; '-f;sii . merely.; inquire;, ai: .".to ■ whether he : M '. held'irita'thbsmatters he referred :wttp'r:,-;6t\diMi^l/^en:^^y,Cbjttt"'- ; bf ,:: ' ! :if( ;to.. "give.:a>decis'ioh. i 'This Cour^'whatever;;,;''■>.;'• its'i ilame,'.has: stated; i.that, Coptai'nvKny-:}fea' yeH;was .justified;.in 7 sending: the-' ; letteri ; ''H'-' stated twd : ";;oo^>'?i'--' : i cMonS;::;;-.That ? 'was:;'thev::' abt/i: !■;; justtSed ;ovory"-ijiahigraphi'r'andj the' Court i'-S'-J; to; show his'-vbona^fide^^'-.The'^rejneikablav'/Vi 1 ,-; guilty" of■■■■jfn:.;*act.-':■ in ycbnhebtion ;.withi;,v-(V • whioh. tlie": Couf t: found -1 that, he' was justir ■*'"•?' discipUhfl";must\bb : EtTictjy.-.'enfprded\and:ivf?j maintained,' but- iv' : ; desire ins».;:*J;-3 tide :isVinher2nt^in'every,.';BriHsh : " subject, J;:**; aiidTeqiiires\that'.ifa;man"".is--riot fouhi-r>" ; j shoufdv be; at^uitted^, There .is ho'- question','about;.it:.in"-.this■■'case.; iCajt-iVJJ.fI 'tain:Knyyett-.was : foiind'.bj. thbibbard'.to 1 , 1 ;.:'.';; ■b^-justifieji;-in;sendingHh6lletter> v ;Midit;|:sV| isi v iricpniprehonnble' : tp'me-hpw.:he.'TOuld.:::.rri :h"f;-Wter^Ws''f6^^g'iilty;-' , haying stated- that,Captain.:Knyrett; justified in sending the:le.tter upbnVwhi(!b;;:'sf«: ile^was:■'eharged -'and ; triedj,-.it, 'lsvincptl-i:''.;';;; ceivable'that any,'otller.person couldihnai'jjj; MuugiiiUy. of; the-sainb' chargei^-,'-:Si iK^J'Sr