FIRST PROSECUTION
INFORMATION DISCLOSED CARPENTER BEFORE COURT (Special to Times) AUCKLAND, Saturday The first case to be brought under the Censorship and Publicity Emergency Regulations was held in Auckland yesterday. Francis Allan Townsend, aged 37, carpenter, appeared before Mr F. H. Levien, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday. The charge was that an January 4 at Palmerston North, in a manner likely to prejudice the public safety, defendant published information which might be useful to the enemy. The court was cleared. DetectiveSergeant P. J. Nalder prosecuted, and Mr Elwarth appeared for defendant. Evidence was given that in a barber’s saloon defendant had been overheard by a military officer speaking dbout confidential defence work on which he was engaged. A police witness said there was no suggestion that defendant was not a loyal British subject. Defendant, giving evidence, said he did not think he had disclosed information that could be of use to anyone. The magistrate deferred his decision.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21371, 15 March 1941, Page 11
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158FIRST PROSECUTION Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21371, 15 March 1941, Page 11
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