1941-04-29 — Page 29

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 29, 1941.

PEER WROTE --FINE IS CUT

INTERVENTION BY Lord Londonderry was stated to have been responsible for the Home Seere- tary remitting £20 of the £25 fine imposed on an R.A.F. officer for a "practical joke."

The officer, posing as an Army intelligence offi- cer, phoned his father that parachutists were to at- tack the north-east that night..

Lord Londonderry's letter, sent "I do think, however, that the on behalf of RAF. Squadron-punishment far exceeds the crime, Leader Chaplain Ernest William and in these days when so many! Lees May, was read by the magis- of us do not know where to turni trade's clerk at Bellord Poler for money. I would suggest that{ Court.

extent Northumberland, with this fine to a very large

might be remitted. other correspondence in the case

" ant This revealed that the magis

very sorry the episode It was a silly family Home (curred! warned trates had

the

joke Secretary (then Sir John Ander

"£25 Too Little" son) that they would give the facts tuli publicity, because they

On Ttober 1 the Under-Secret- thought the offence too seriour

ary of State wrote to the justices for the penalty to be reduced. The Chairman when fining May clerk at Belford saying that be- ;

cause the "whole incident was £25 on August 14, 1940, said "The Bench is satisfed that there is no clumsy pinetical joke, the Secret-

wicked criminal or

ory of Star is disposed to think intent. buk that being said, the indescribable that a substantial part of the ner folly of the defendant's action re-juught be remitted."

mains and might have had colizer quenres of the utmost gravity

"Family Joke”

On August 20 Lord Londonderry

Sir John Anderson a

sent

Eetles

M May was ete gyrat Wynyard and I was very pleased indeed with him, as I thank was mute of the best parsons I have ever met.

"Notwithstanding this, he has been guilty of a very slily and unkindly Joke for which he cer tainly deserves to suffer.

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Delans of the case were sent on (October 16 to the Under-Secretary of State with the following com-

bent

"On arriving at their decision 10 impose a fine of £25. the magistrates regarded the action as being to reprehensible that it could not possibly be met by a Small or nominal penalty and.

in fact, some of the Justices con. sidered that an even larger fine than £75 should be imposed."

8 On November the Under- Secretary of State replied recom~ mending that £20 Ishould be remitted.

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