Crowther, Leslie

Crowther, Leslie (18), Smith Hill, Shepley, Huddersfield, Jehovah Witness, LE 4/12/42 rejected, HUDE 5/12/42 p8; Huddersfield Court 24/5/43 refused at YAT 4/1/43, charged with  refusing medical, adjourned 8 weeks as witness ill, said he was commissioned by Jehovah God, ‘God is not to be mocked & his destruction was certain if he disobeyed’, HUDE 24/5/43 p4 ; Huddersfield Court 14/8/43 still refused,  medical despite court  order to have it 19/7/43 so 12 months prison hard labour, distress warrant for unpaid £5 fine had been returned ‘no effects’, had been given a chance ‘to think things over’, HUDE 14/8/43 p6; County Police Court 15/8/44 now 19, £20 fine or prison 2 months for refusing to attend War Agricultural Hostel at Goole 15/5/44, pleaded not guilty,  f/t Jehovah Witness evangelist, claimed to be ordained, sought judgement from God not man, all counties & peoples equal, no man superior and all men had right to live, had clear conscience & did not fear courts, had already been in prison, HUDE 15/8/44 p4; West Riding County Court 6/2/45 refused agricultural duty at Selby15/12/44, said he was here because ‘this Christian country will not allow me to practice Christianity’, fined£25 or 3 months prison, would not pay fine, HUDE 6/2/45 p4,  CO in Armley Prison Leeds 12/43, PPU  records