Oct 22, 2021
“Two Years For Red,” Toronto Globe. October 21, 1931. Page 03. ---- Victoria, Oct. 20. - Ronald C. C. Stewart, convicted of attempting to cause a mutiny at Work Point military barracks and also circulating seditious literature was sentenced to serve two years in penitentiary by Mr. Justice Denis Murphy.
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