STRUGGLE WITH POLICE
TWO SOLDIER DESERTERS GAOL FOR SEVEN DAYS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday That men in the army had to recognise the authority of the police was stressed by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., when he sentenced Samuel Johansen, aged 21, and William Francis McLeod, aged 33. to seven days’ hard labour for using obscene language and resisting the police. It was stated that the men were members of a draft of soldiers travelling from Burnham to Papakura. They left the train at Paekakariki and came to Wellington. They were posted as deserters and the police were notified. A Constable saw them get on 3 tram. Tremendous Struggle When he asked them to come with him both became very hostile. They were slightly under the influence ot liquor and strenuously resisted arrest. The constable sent the tram conductor for assistance and traffic was held up for a quarter of an hour at a busy time. Police assistance arrived and a tremendous struggle took place. The magistrate said the men were to be handed to the military authorities when required, either before or after their gaol sentence.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21210, 5 September 1940, Page 8
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