Press cuttings of Gonville ffrench-Beytagh

Four volumes of press cuttings dealing with Gonville ffrench-Beytagh's detention and trial in South Africa, 1971-72.
* Volume 1: Deals with the Dean's arrest on 20th January 1971, the charge in Johannesburg Magistrate's court and his release on bail. Includes cuttings on South African government harassment of Anglican and other church officials.
* Volume 2: Events from 26th February 1971 to 7th August 1971 including police raids on church property, church criticism of government policy and the detention of Mrs Helen Joseph.
* Volume 3: Clippings from 7th August 1971 to 18th September 1971, describing the trial.
* Volume 4: Dated 18th September 1971 to 3rd November 1971, continues with the trial reports and the details of his sentencing to five years imprisonment.

Canon Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh, Anglican Dean of Johannesburg 1965-1972, was charged in Pretoria in 1971-1972 under the Terrorism Act. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment but, the sentence was quashed on appeal after the evidence of state witnesses had been rejected. He moved to England in 1972, and died in the London Hospital in Mile End on 10 May 1991.

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Canon Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh, Anglican Dean of Johannesburg 1965-1972, was charged in Pretoria in 1971-1972 under the Terrorism Act. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment but, the sentence was quashed on appeal after the evidence of state witnesses had been rejected. He moved to England in 1972, and died in the London Hospital in Mile End on 10 May 1991.

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* Gonville ffrench-Beytagh, Encountering Darkness (London, 1973).

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