The CDNR also provided the legal assistance to enable McLeod, Dooley and McKenna to appeal convictions relating to their roles in organising the strike.
Native Affairs: McLeod's Convictions, Leave to Appeal Granted
Citation
West Australian, 15 August 1946, p. 10, ‘Native Affairs, McLeod’s Convictions. Leave to Appeal Granted.’
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