PORTSMOUTH NAVAL RIOTS
RINGLEADER'S SENTENCE REDUCED. COMMANDANTS RELIEVED OF IHLIR COMMANDS. Rcccivctl IStli, «..")0 p.m. London, December 18. The Admiralty has reduced the sentence on Stoker Moody, the ring leader in the recent Portsmouth riot, to three years. They have also directed that the "on the knee' order be only used in future for military purposes. Commodore Stopford has been relieved of his command for failing to display firmness and resource.
Commanders Drurv, Lowe, and -Mitchell were similarly punished for neglecting their duties.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81907, 19 December 1906, Page 3
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83PORTSMOUTH NAVAL RIOTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81907, 19 December 1906, Page 3
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