SERVING OF SUMMONSES.
DEFECT OF POSTAL SYSTEM
DKFKNDAXT NKKD NOT Ill'lMlY. (Hy Telegraph. — Own Ci>rre.»i»>nil' i nt.l WHANCAKKI, this day. When the ea«e rgainM li. l.e-lie Sandford was called in the Magistrate*' Court there was no appearance of defendant. Senior Sergeant O'Grady said this was one of those eases in which t lie new provisions of the law in serving summons by post had been adopted, and it was problematical whether the -umninn'> had been served or not. Defendant lived three miles frnm t lit- po-t otlice. The magistrate remarked that as there had Im-cii no return from the post office, it could not he taken that service Wii« effortod. The Senior Sergeant: Probably defendant, learning that a reiiir-tered letter awaits him. is tak'nij: hU time about calling for it. The Magistrate: It N poing to be an expensive liu>iiie»s if witne-.se- are subpoenaed. I'llder thi> old -y-tem a man cuuld acquaint ;iie cmi-i ;•. 1 >I.• >.i>r\iiig the summons if he intended to plead uniltv. So economy in cue way will lea 1 in expense in another.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 86, 12 April 1927, Page 18
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177SERVING OF SUMMONSES. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 86, 12 April 1927, Page 18
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