BANNED LITERATURE
COMMUNIST^ IN COURT
(By Telegraph.Tr-Press Association;)-. - PALMEBSTON N7, This. Day, : A charge of having in his possession for salo or' distribution, certain documents, books, or pamphlets called "The Path to Power: a Defence of '; Communism," and. "Communism and Industrial Peace," which advocated violence or oxpressed seditious, intent, was made against Leo Sim in the. Magistrate's Court this morning. The possession of the documents was alleged to bo contrary to Regulation No. 4 of, the War Regulations Act. Counsel for the Crown said that tho defendant's premises had been searched and the literature was found. On the same day a search had. been made in the headquarters, of the Communist Party in Vivian street, Wellington. It seemed that Sim had been acting as literary secretary for the Communist Party, and had been distributing literature. The defendant admitted his meniborship of the Communist Party, but denied being literature secretary for that party. He said he had. fought for his country. The authorities did not adver; tise what literature was banned. '_ v The Magistrate reserved-his decision.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 83, 5 October 1931, Page 9
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175BANNED LITERATURE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 83, 5 October 1931, Page 9
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