OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT.
m 1.. A SEAMAN PROSECUTED, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. George Skone was charged at ths Magistrate's Court that, while on an overseas ship on the high seas, he, obtained information which might b* useful to his Majesty's enemies, namely* secret information regarding the rout*, movements and position of the said, steamship, contrary to the Official Sei crets Act, 1911 (Imperial). According to the -evidence for the' Crown, Skone was an A.B. on a vessel, and while employed in cleaning out the chart room, he took the' position book out of the locker, and was making notes v'ien the third officer entered and Wight him. Accused, who claimed he wais a Britisher, said he looked at the book in J, order to settle an argument among th<* crew regarding the position of the ves« sol. Ho did not get the information for any other purpose. Accused was committed for trial, bail being refused.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 4
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157OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT. Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 4
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