THE CASE OF OLAF AANENSEN

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 6

THE CASE OF OLAF AANENSEN

■ :— J : MUST QUIT THE COUNTRY. ■ Finality in the case of Olaf Aanco* . sen, the Norwegian sailor who fecentlj complained that ho had been hung up by; the heels,on a German barque .at Vestport, was reached in the ilagis« trate s Court vesterday. The case-wad ■hoard V Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., and- ■" the result is that Aanonsen must quit. New Zealand. ' -■ ■ ... Aanenseu was charged with nnlaw fully landing at Wostport on Octobai 16 when he was a prohibited immigrants Mr. I'. J. O'Eegan appeared' for hini,and entered a pica of guilty. ~lt was ' stated that Aanensen was formerly a/ cook on the German barque Martha/. Boekhan, and on account of 'certain) trouble at 'Westport, ho was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Subsc-j quently the case came before the .So/ premo Court at Wellington, when the , .. young Norwegian stated that he had been the victim of gross. ill-treatment,! but on being investigated the story! proved to be exaggerated. When ao> *. ~ cusedcame before the Magistrate yes- , .• • terday morning. Mr. C. ' SJi Nixon, 'Collector of Customs, staW .'■ ed that Aanensen suffered from! ■■"■■ tuberculosis, and as he had now* served his sentence in gaol he had beeni arrested, to prevent bis disappearing fore ho could be sent out of the oouni ;: . ; try. Tho Department did not ask forj : " • a fine, but desired tlat the man should! ' bo detained until his passage could bef'arranged to Hamburg, where he 'had! ■• originally sliipped. The master of theJ. . Martha Boekhan had deposited £100 to . defray expenses, and accused would bet' deported as soon as possible. ' Mr. O'Began saidthat his ch'ent wae- • undoubtedly a prohibited' immigrant.) As he suffered with tuberculosis, and) was only in possession of £5 12s: counsel would prefer to see him sent to his native place of Christiansand,' Not-J way, rather than to Hamburg. ' . The Magistrate said that the law pnljt required that the man should be removed from the Dominion. Ho would be convicted, and ordered to be removed! from New Zealand, and pending suchi ■ removal ho would ho detained in gaol, without hard labour. ' . . Mr. O'Eegan said there was a mat-' ter m connection with the case he': would like to mention. A statement had been published • that when accused was before the Court at West-port the master of the ship liad- provided him; with a solicitor. -Counsel now found" that £S 10a. had been deducted from Aanensen's. pay for the solicitor's fee. '■.: . But for that, the man would have drawn. ' about £12, which ho would have had- ".' m hjs pocket to go away'with. '' "'