PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.
1 *. DEFAMATION CHARGE. By Selograph—Press Awogi»Uon—Oopjrtglt . (Red. February 17, 11.30 p.m.) London, February 17. At the Privy Council's hearing of Clininiing Arnold's appeal, Sir Robert Finlay, K.C, on behalf of tJio appellant, emphasised the fact that he was not charging M'Oormkk with beinc guilty. ' ■ ' * A ' cable received in Novenibfer, 1912, stated: "Mr. Channing Arnold, editor of tin- 'Burma Critic/ was last mouth sentenced . to one year's impris.onme.iit for the defamation of the District Magistrate at Jl.erpi, whom ho neonsed of wwii-ily acquitting a British officer charged with the abduction of a native, girl. 'Truth' tfates that the officer is an Australian named H. B. M'Conpiek, D.8.0., who'is' iM-y a rubber planter at Victoria Point. Mr. Arnold, who is n scm of the iato Sir Edwin Arnold, alleged, that Mr. Andrew, the Magistrate; ''at' -fesui, was a friend of M'Cormick ami that the whole inquiry was irregular."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1987, 18 February 1914, Page 7
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149PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1987, 18 February 1914, Page 7
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