SHIP DESERTION CHARGE
ROLE BEFORE COURT
(Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, last night
Israel Bruin, alias Brinn, who though born- in Poland 41 years ago, was .stated to have forfeited his nationality by deserting from the Polish Army after the last war, was charged in the Police Court with deserting from the ship Lock Don, at Auckland on April 18. He was remanded forthwith.
Counsel said the defendant had fought in the Polisii Army against the Bolshevists and then deserted. He had gone to Antwerp where he had a wife and children. He joined there the Lock Don and was so impressed with New Zealand that he deserted, obtaining work here as a painter. He was now in partnership with a fellow workman and was doing well. His position was that he really had no nationality. He was of Polish extration and the community here thought well of him.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20046, 19 September 1939, Page 13
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148SHIP DESERTION CHARGE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20046, 19 September 1939, Page 13
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