"KAISER MY LORD & MASTER"

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2701, 22 February 1916, Page 6

"KAISER MY LORD & MASTER"

* UNGRATEFUL NORWEGIAN ' WOMAN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Palmerston N., February 21. : As a sequel to an occurrence at the railway station some weeks aao Ellen Fuller was charged before Mr. Poynton. S.M.. at the Magistrate's Court this morning "that she did publish, on January IS) last, a statement to the effect: It is always file s'ame with vou Britishers. King George is a ' . When the Kaiser comes ne will have the lot of you slaughtered. The Kaiser is my lord and' master."

Tho accused failed to appear Or be reDresented by counsel. The charge was made under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

Evidence was given by John Stanbrook, railway porter, who Hated that accused was not drunk at the tune, but verv excited. He heard the language complained of.

In reviewing tho facts of the case Sergeant Honry informed _ the Court that accused was a Norwegian by birtli, but liad been resident in the Dominion for forty years. She was 70 years of ace.

In imDosina a ponalty of two months' imprisonment His, Worship observed that, the case was not one for a fine. It, was an illustration of gross ingratitude. Accused was no doubt well trcak ed in the British Dominion and enroved all the privileges of citizenship. Her utterances in this abominable case was one for severe penalty and showed the necessity for strict dealing.