INCITING TO DISORDER
CHARGE AGAINST COMMUNIST INFORMATION DISMISSED (By Telegraph—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Charged that on 20th December last at Christchurch he had in his possession documents which incited disorder Arthur Finch Marshall, a young Communist, again appeared before the Magistrate, Air Young, this morning, pleading not 'guilty. In dismissing the information the Magistrate said he was not satisfied that the circular produced calling for a one-day strike was a document which would incite disorder within the meaning of the "War Regulations Act.
Alarshall is serving a sentence of six months in Paparua for inciting to lawlessness'‘at'“meetings in' tire city last month. The police said that 160 copies of the circular and 6 copies of the “Red Worker” were found in the workers hall headquarters of the Christchurch group of the Communist Party. Counsel submitted that there was nothing seditious in the documents, the wholb object of which was to persuade workers to protest against the Unemployment Act being brought into operation and Marshall denied having circulated any of the circulars.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 13 January 1931, Page 5
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172INCITING TO DISORDER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 13 January 1931, Page 5
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