CUSTOMS AGENT CHARGED.
FALSE ENTRIES AIXEGED. I FINE OF £25. ! __ i Clifford Webb Verran s Customs agent j who recently pleaded guilty to i nineteen indictment charges, ami was i committed to tko Supreme Court I for sentence, was , prosecuted at ', the Police Court this njorning en ,'four 'j charges' of" making false entries Under '.the Customs Act. .lll\- V. N. Hubble..of ! Messrs. Meredith, Paterson, and Hubble, I Crown Solicitors, appeared for the ! Customs Department, wJiile Mr. A. H. j Jbhnstone ("instructed by Mr. Steadman) ! represented, Yerraii, who pleaded guilty. ! Jlr. Hubble stated "that accused had ] made false entries-and declarations to • the value of goods, and did not pay in. the .full , amounts of duty. There was an ; amount' of £232 involved, but this-na<i since : been repaid by Yerran. The.maxii mum- penalty was one of' £10D, with a < minimum of £25. Mr. Hubble suggested ; that: he would not ask that anything more than' the minimum should be imposed. s . . . t X ,Verran .was fined ££5, with. £2 2/ '.solicitors' costs on each .of the - four
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 303, 22 December 1926, Page 8
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