CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.
SENTENCES OF COURT-MARTIAL WELLINGTON, Oct. 15. 1 In Trentham Camp Orders it i 8 an nounced that the following soldiers have been found guilty by Distric Court-Martial of disobeying a lawlu command given by their superior offi cers have each been sentenced to im prisonment with hard labour for tw veal’s: ' 62843 Private H. K. Blundell ,Treu thnm details. 63024 Private W. Pethybridge, Tre them details. j 66315 Private O. W. Doherty, Trei thain details. 1 For absenting himself without lea\ one man has been sentenced to 84 da; detention and stoppages of pay, f< neglect to the prejudice of good ordi and military discipline and using i subordinate language to his supori officer, to 28 days’ detenton. It is officially stated that practical the whole of the men who have he sentenced at Trentham for mont past to eleven months and two yeai imprisonment w**4i hard labour i 1 “refusing toU’bj orders givon by ifH superdor,'^ ff ® ors ’” are religious, ai • conset^ ou R objectors, who refuse , jrMergo training or do any milita .-'work when ordered. The decree sentence varies according' to the b haviour of the offender.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1917, Page 3
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191CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1917, Page 3
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