WOUNDED AND HONOURED ABROAD.
WOUNDED AND DISHONOURED AT HOME. A short time ago a returned soldier, honoured for distinguished service abroad, was brought before the Dunedin Court for an offence committed when drunk. Because of his honourable record, the Magistrate asked the press to refrain from publishing his name. The same thing is happening in the Old Land, as the following extract will show : A CLEAN SWEEP. Mr Justice Kowlatt, in the case of a wounded soldier charged with burglary at Derby (England) Assize*, the defence being that he was drunk, said:— “We must look forward almost with terror to the time when hundreds of thousands of brave men would be returning from the front and would be exposed to the temptations to which the prisoner was exjrosed. It might be that a ( lean sweep would have to be made of the liquor trade if this country was not to be deluged with charges such as this. The law must make it clear that those who had served abroad must also serve «»t home with respect for the laws of society. If not, society must dissolve. —‘‘Public Opinion.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 282, 18 December 1918, Page 7
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188WOUNDED AND HONOURED ABROAD. White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 282, 18 December 1918, Page 7
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