CHARGES OF DISLOYALTY
By Telegraph—Press Association,
Auckland, .luno 11. Charges of having published a statement likely to interfere with recruiting "ml having mado a statement indicat|"i.' disloyalty were ureferred at tho lolico Court against » Panmuro resident, a stone-cutler, named Edward ■James Dnimm (IS years of age). Tho first tliaa'o whs that at Papatoetoo on February 19 ho stated that if En K land liad nut hnd a two-Power navy tlicro would niivo been no war, and thai; England had caused tho wnv; also that a man was Niter off in Germany than in this country, us Germany was a freer country. lyidcnco was to tho effect that 'the statement was made in a. discussion on . I W r r r wi ' ,l a famDl '- who accusDefendanl: slated on oath (hat ho liad honest convictions against conperipI ion. and loyalty to truth and justice as higher than so-called loyally (iv country. Ho contended, however, that the wholo tenor of tho nreuinenfc had been distorted by the use of moments of conversation. Decision was reserved, and the hearing o) the second information was udjournefl until to-morrow.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3108, 12 June 1917, Page 3
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184CHARGES OF DISLOYALTY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3108, 12 June 1917, Page 3
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