DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1916, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

SEDITION' CHARGES. M s By Telegraph.—Press AssociatlWl. Wellington, Dec. 1R '* This morning tho police, under > intendent Norwood, raided the premise* of the Maori],nt'l Worker, and seized Itj quantity of antic on-cription literature..' „■ They also arrested James Thorn, th»; , well-known Socialist, on a charge of; seditious utterances in Auckland on thdi ltlth instant. ' • A'-. Christehureh, Dec. 18, In the Magistrate's Court, before Ml. 1 H. W. Bishop, Fred. Riley Cooke, °li; prominent local Socialist, was charged with having, on December 10, expressed 1 1 seditious intention contrary to tha ' War Regulations. Tile charge aroM ■ over a speech in the Socialist Hall, in' which Cooke denounced the Conscript tion Act. us *" Cooke pleaded not guilty. ~(i A portion of the speech was mi - criticising this Act. In reply to th% Magistrate, Cooke said he must coal timie to protest against the Act. * -Mr. Bishop: Co you tell me that, whatever results from this case, you ' intend to insist on your right to crit4<t cise the Act? ' 'j Accused: I certainly must.

Mr. Bishop said such an attitude "s must influence his judgment, Cook» 1 would be sentenced to twelve montfltV I imprisonment. v LAW EXAMINATION PASSE 9. Wellington, Last Night. ' t As the result of the law professional examination, held in November, 1010,, the following candidates, have passed, llieii sections in the subjects specified* The subjects are denoted as fpllows: J contracts, 2 property, 3 property, 4 evl" deuce, 0 criminal law, B torts, 7 pro* cedure. New Plymouth Centre.—H. T- Clark* 1- 2, 5. Stratford Centre.—M. B. Bergin, 3, 4, 7; 1). L. Bone, 1, 2, 5, C; A. J. Ching, " 2, 5. 0.

CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. Wellington, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court, three men, Timothy Troy, Joseph William Scott, and Maurice Costello, were committed for trial on a charge of conspiring to defraud Alfred Crossiey, a veteri« nary surgeon, of £52, in connection with a game of show poker at PahiatlUj after the recent race meeting.