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TRIAL OF AUSTRALIAN "RED.”
HIS CONVICTION QUASHED
(Australian Press Association.)
SYDNEY, December 8
The Federal High Court to-day allowed the appeal of Francis Devaney, the publisher of the "Workers’ Weekly,”- against his conviction and sentence co six months imprisonment on October 25.
The conviction was quashed, with costs against the Federal Crown law authorities^
Tb Court described the information against Devaney as "an amac.ing document,” and as calculated; to embarrass the trial,’ and the Court held the averments were insufficient in law to sustain the allegation against Devaney. _
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1932, Page 6
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90AMAZING DOCUMENT Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1932, Page 6
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