NOT AN ALIEN
UNUSUAL CASE IN COURT. ) The-circumstances attending the appearance of a youth named Ernest Vantoll beforo the- Magistrate's Court on Saturday to answer a. charge of being an alien" and having landed in New Zealand without authority were rather unique. Vantell, who- was 17 years of age, went to sea in the ship Albcmama eighteen months ago, and arrived in Auckland I shortly before the peace celebrations wore held. Ho left the ship, and later applied for a permit to join another vessel. The Auckland police investigated the mattei' : find on Friday Vantell was arrested or. the liner Opawa on the above charge. When charged the boy did not quite know wfiat the position was, and pleaded guilty. In answer to questions put by the Magistrate (Mr. E. Page, S.-U.J, he said that his father was a Unrulier and his mother an Australian, and that life Was born under the British Flag at Singapore. The Magistrate (to Sub-Inspector Emerson) : What are your instructions as to his nationality? - . Sub-Inspector Emerson: That the accused was born at Singapore, sir. The Magistrate. But birth at Singapore would not necessarily mako him an alien. Tne' Sub-Inspector went on to relate (hat the prosecution was instituted by tho Auckland police, who made inquiries into the case. It would appear, now that tho boy was not an alien.. The captain of the Opawa wanted tho boy back on tho fillip. ■ The Magistrate: Why did you leave your ship? The defendant: The ship was not a fit one for a boy, as tho crew were not fit to live with.
" The boy, went,on to state that ho was in possession of a permit to sail on any ship, and, in answer to a statement by the sub-inspector, he stated that he informed the authorities at Auckland that he had deserted from the sailing ship, but theT said that ho had (inly missed her. They issued him with the. permit in consequence of his explnuati' 1 " His Worship did ' not consider that thero was any evidence to prove that tho defendant was an alien, and the information would'.be dismissed. •
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 3, 29 September 1919, Page 4
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353NOT AN ALIEN Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 3, 29 September 1919, Page 4
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