A Magisterial inquiry into tho case of n. 11. Thompson, who suffered imprisonment white a member of the Expeditionary Force, has been authorised hv tho Government. This case has already received a groat deal of attention, and was the subject of investigation last year by a Parliamentary committee, which recommended for favourable consideration Thompson’s petition for inquiry and compensation. A court-mnr-tiwl sentenced Thompson to 112 days’ imprisonment for having stated in camp that a medical officer w'ho examined him was drunk nt. the time. Subsequent events gave ground for belief that- he hnd been unjustly convicted, nnd he was released after he had served 93 days’ detention. The medical officer concerned was proved in Court to have been an habitual drunkard. Legislation I<> enable n Commission of Inquiry to investigate the decision of a court-niar'.’ial was passed' by Parliament last session,.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19210302.2.79
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 134, 2 March 1921, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
141Untitled Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 134, 2 March 1921, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in