"Roll of Honor" Case.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 83, 11 October 1912, Page 8

"Roll of Honor" Case.

THE BOOTMAKER, THE CAPTAIN, AND THE LAWYER. BREEZY EXCHANGES. A friend of Tm: \Yoi!JCK' , . , s, who v.*as in t'he Magistrate's Court at Cliristcluirch during tin 1 healing of th-.} case against \\Z i!eyi;o!;l-i, supplies the fol--I<>\.;i b: mill d...-erij>ti\e aei-ouin: of T.!-<!;,.•. v.c had efiiee" as pole c ininniMni in 111- K:-vn..ki> <-:,-. (JulUtile --he. maker lia - a 'iisi...;)i!e.a:i-. i..e:-,ea)a! ;i]:i->-;t'.-:u.( •■ ap.d dne : _; nol < elivey the mini e.vsiuii ol the laerrd Mamma he really possesses. Captain Wheeler, who gallantly laid m-t-ariaation. is -i bi:i; L-i-rly lellow, a weil- -.*....,| u:\i-ind. fi-' is very n*i*'iidly with huiviaif .'.!;.!' rath, and as they sit side :, ...:j.. j;i ti.e uijAh (.-us hi oi led seats itav ha\e .ri:.nv a iiie-.ully jibe in ccc- :< -j... •,-, hh-S \'. c ol (lie o;, JXiSsi 11011, Oil Z.u- !iiiei:-.-':i..:nr-\i lael. niii. s. iiave aito .■iii..-. .\i.d to-day tho court was i'livo/JUs l.i l.onten's <-ase (Clock Tov.*er speak\iv.\) t/a.> prosecuting; constable identificTl ai.vtlif.r 1: ember oi Lhe P.R \4 -.x :.'.,, i.iiii.na.i.-. 1 _.i.."1;. * . thi■'■ i.t ; .l b-. in_ oei..i,;» -■■■i,.m he \.a- l!i, dcleedaui. tie iastaiitly dooiej in- had done su, on perjvivihe; i.ij i;:i;i..ii.e j J i-3(i tlie lilO) ; illioli t. v. Inch was iie-t v vi.-n calh-d to older, m sis.tlad v.v-ii- 4.;.- eou.-tabul.il\ by the fallibility 01 a unlabel* of their supp.,ed leialllbie lulve. Badey had to p:\jin.niir.' a spe.aal \e.'.liel on 1 hi* p.aiit Tlivn -alee l.he Reynolds prosceu. ion and tiie military slmw .11 h—as utidiu-iiin.-d as ii was uiijun. I'udtti- C ; i-:sidy's manipulation, the first consiable explained thr.t he had not "signalled" out Reynolds; he had been SENT to .take action. He had painfully copied om» your Roll ot Honor with a fountain pen. "Long job, copyiny;," ho said plaintively. Cassidy pointed out that it was a Hiiuy; scattered hy thousands Unmuejiout tho Dominion and a copy of Tin-: .Maout.and \Yohki**'; was put in lor comparison. Bailey found it very interesting. He «'yen perused it when the Inspector was speaking, so entranced was he.

After further police evidence of a routine order. Captain Wheeler entered the box. He reported seeing the display of your Roll of Honor in the shop window and "noticing it was an anti-militarist publication," "and being aware that an imprint was necessary," he reported the matter to the sub-inspector.

A little later in his evidence he began *. "It occurred to mc that Mr. Reynolds' offence would be—" but Mr. Cassidy interjaculated that they were not holding a court-martial.

Cassidy: Do you subscribe to The Maok'land Wohkeh? *

Captain Wheeler: No. Cassidy: You really ought to. Captain Wheeler: I did not even know of its existence.

Cassidy: Well, some people don't know of yours.

Captain Wheeler (grimly): I think some of tlie boys do.

Later, Cassidy, in drawing from Wheeler that it was not tlie lack of imprint, but the printed matter that he really objected to, the Captain said he saw* no reason why this man should mix up the sale of boots with anti-mili-tarist literature. Cassidy observed that he also saw no reason why tho business of captain should be mixed up with that of deteciv<?. Captain Wheeler (sententiously): It is my duty to aid tho Defence Department and help forward tlie scheme to the best of my ability. Cassidy: Is it likely you would bother your head about the absence of imprints if the list had not been of this character ? Captain Wheeler again insisted it was for him to consider his duty to tho scheme. Cassidy did not think it Captain Wheeler's duty to go about hunting up cases for the police. Captain Wheeler said that the publication or display of the list was "practically inciting these boys to break the law." Then came the usual counsel's argument on precedent and interpretation of the words "publish" and "exhibit." Cassidy said it was scandalous for the Defence Department to go prosecuting little shoemakers—the man with a small business. Reynolds gave evidence of his antagonism to this Defence Act, "which has been fastened on us," and of his habit of placing cuttings which would help forward his cause in his window. This was his conception of duty as opposed to that of Captain Wheeler's. "Yes, persons did come into the shop and have a chat with him, but he would rather lose a little time than have tho boys go to jail." A number of documents, without imprint, were put in, including one of the V.M.C.A., which McGrath at first declared was not printed, and when Cassidy taunted him with not prosecuting that respectable body, the Inspector blustered that he would prosecute anyone, Jew or Christian, who broke the law.

To which Cassidy retorted: "Oh, we all know you are a very brave man! Your name ought to be put in the Roll of Honor."

It was a case which again sounded the warning of danger.