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ENCOURAGING LAWLESSNESS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 21. Henry Morrimgton Smith, 3'% sea ' man, was sentenced to a month s gaol, to-day, for encouraging lawlessness by a speech oin Sunday, October 11, regarding an impending eviction. He admitted that he urged his hearers to fight the eviction, but said he meant morally. The police stated that Smith was group leader of the Communists in Auckland. Magistrate Hunt said the whole object of the speech was to induce men to prevent the eviction. Had he known when he wa.s hearing the case against Edwards on a similar charge, that armed resistance was being offered to the eviction, Edwards would have received a much heavier sentence. Tt would he unfair to treat Smith differently.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1931, Page 5
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