A SERIOUS OFFENCE.
DESERTION FROM SHIP. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 18, The inconvenience and often expense to which a shipping company is put in the case of desertions were emphasised bv Mi- Prince in the Magistrate's Court to-dav when appearing lor the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company in connection with a charge a gainst Peter Cunningham, aged* 32, of desertion from the ovcrses steamer Raranga last year. Cunningham was also charged with having "unlawfully landed in New Zealand, heincr a prohibited immigrant. The Colfector of Customs said that Cunningham was before the Court a fortnight ago when he was remanded for a medical examination. A report had now been received that he was free from the disease, from which he had been suffering and as the Customs authorities had no objection to him remaining in New Zealand, he asked that the charge of being a prohibited immigrant be withdrawn. The' course was agreed to. With regard to the charge of desertion, Mr Prince said that Cunningham had put the Company tq considerable, trouble and it had also had to enter into a bond of €IOO in respect to him. "We look upon desertions at any time as a serious offence," added Mr Prince, ''but especially during the rush season when Ave are tied dowm to time to.pet the ships away and the man wlio holds up a ship for a day costs the company C 350. In the case of Cunningham, I would like that the full penalty be extended."
Mr T. P. McNeil, S.M.. imposed! a sentence of one month's imprisonment. .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19300120.2.19
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 84, 20 January 1930, Page 4
Word Count
263A SERIOUS OFFENCE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 84, 20 January 1930, Page 4
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in