CLERGYMAN’S APPEAL.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 12. An appeal, by way of rehearing, of the cast brought hv Rev. Ormond Edward Burton, aged 47. was heard in the Supreme Court to-day before the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) against his conviction in the Magistrate’s Court of wilfully obstructing a police officer. The charge arose from an incident at a meeting of the Christian Pacifist Society at a reserve in the city on March 29 and the Magistrate imposed a sentence of three months’ hard labour. Appellant conducted his own appeal to-day and the hearing is proceeding.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 115, 13 April 1940, Page 8
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97CLERGYMAN’S APPEAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 115, 13 April 1940, Page 8
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