HINDERING RECRUITING
A FAEMEI? IMPRISONED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, September 5. At Hie Police Court to-day, Murdoch Alexander M'Kac, 31 years of ago, ras charged with publishing a statement likely to interfere with reoruiting. in that he soul; a circular ontitled "A Good Soldier/' to tho harbourmaster »t TJawene. M'Uaa iulmitted sending the circuliir, which was anonymous, imd impressed on the reader that to hi> n Rood solilier was tlio lowest aim in human life, and hold out a specific warning about the signing oi' attestation papers.
Chief 'Detective M'Mahon stated that tho defendant, who was a farmer from Mareretn, near Waipu, had been under surveillance and hud been found to be circulating the letter mentioned. When his house was searched a quantity of literature of the fiery kind usually associated with I.W.W. people was found. Mr. FrazeY, S.M., after porusing the document, remarked that it missed its intention if it did not interfere with recruiting, and said he qould not see any difference between this case and others of the kind that )ind been before him. Defendant was sentenced to eleven months' imprisonment without hard labour.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3183, 6 September 1917, Page 6
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187HINDERING RECRUITING Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3183, 6 September 1917, Page 6
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