NEW GUARD LEADER

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1932, Page 6

NEW GUARD LEADER

ADJOURNMENT OF CASE. CAMPBELL PLEADS NOT GUILTY. (Australian Press Association ) (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 15. Colonel Campbell’s case has Ueen adjourned until January 20th. The statements complained of in tlie charge included the following references to. Mr Lang. “Nasty tyrant'’ and “a scundrl,” “a buffoon at the head of affairs,” and “the hated Old Man of the Sea.” Colonel Campbell pleaded not guilty. Mr Leaver, on behalf of Colonel Campbell applied for an adjournment on tne ground that the notice had been too short, and that there had been no time to prepare the defence. Mr Sheahan, for the Crown, opposed the application, as Colonel Campbell had iterated that he would repeat his 'utterance in the near future, and intensify the insult to the Premier. Mr Sheahan said that the police took a serious view of tlie charge. Mr Laidlaw, chief Stipendiary Magistrate, granted an adjournment as only thirty-six hours had elapsed since the summons had been served. Mr Sheahan then asked that bail be fixed, or that Colonel Campbell should give an undertaking not to repeat the utterances. LMr «LaldloW-tefused to As bail, and no order was made as to Colonel Campbell’s utterances. A crowd of some hundiyds,cheered the New Guard leader as left the precincts of the Court.