FAILING TO ENROL

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1917, Page 5

FAILING TO ENROL

THREE- MONTHS' IMPRISONMBOT^

At the <Pa,tea S.M. Court on Wednex . day Robert Jos. Sorrcnson was charged'' with failing to enrol under tho Military,' Service Act, 1016, Defendant pleaded not guilty. Constable Armour said ha. met the accused and asked him to pro* tluc.e his card of enrolment. Accused ta' unable to do so. On making further ot» ,■ quirics from the Government statistioiaij'. lie found that the accused, was enrellel -, in the Second Division as-a married m&Af The accused was not married. Defendant said he h»d signed all the) papers necessary. )' ( His Worship; Are you enrolled ge ri married man or not? ■ I Defendant admitted that the sifnaV ture on the enrolment card which gtmei that accused was married was his. His Worship: You have not the: /sac of God before your eyes. You try Uk puzzle men like myself by yqur shame* ' less lying. I have no patience with I am going to deal' with yow-in a taillft,' tary manner. ' Hi* Worship: Who was it put ia-y«tf v . enrolment card that you had a weajj , heart and were ruptured? 'Defendant: A mna named.Brows"ittfoA, "in my card fwr me. His Worship: Instead of putting in ••', in the place where you are to s&sß whether you are single or married ylitt put the full word "married." Ar*'r.yrt| ■ taarriedf DefonaStrt: No. His Worship: You hare atatedPtMß your wife's name is Eiira Soreasen, ofe ..Norfolk Street, Pa*ea. What i» Imp name. Defendant: Eliaa Hatawaia. Constable Armour said the defendant gras.recently ordered to pkyfor the naiiin of an illcgitJnmte child at an industrial school. ■ His. Worship: Well, yon are not •* by your name anywasr«tb ywi want to say anything! It-is eowethjng shocking the way men Kke you ostM - into court and make statements nef caring whether they axe tr»e or not,' Defendant pleaded that he war «ei , tdtwatcd. He was not tr)6ng"<4o>' i out of going to the front. His Worship: That's what you tort been trying to do a& the time. Pteoprf pose it's all rubbish about yoor wawaj ,Ae»j* and rupture. ' , > Defendant: Idonft k»OW'WtfttVlWOngj ■ with me. His Worship: W«U, T will-give yntfaa opportunity of going to the front, will be seat to gaol {or threo auoBMV ' and you can bo catted upon to a vksßN ber of tho Hirst DSvfekm now at mff. time. If you are rejected as ae&alfyri unfit you wilt be gtaMflfe' «w«e gtw Mtnteapoi-.flfrmi