"FINAL NOTICE."
IMITATION DOCUMENTS.
SELLEPt FINED IN WELLINGTON,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. William Edward Allison was charged to-day with selling documents in imitation of judicial processes. Detective-Sergeant Revo 11 said defendant liad written to the police forwarding a plea of guilty to the Court. The charge was laid under section 20 of ,tlic Police Offences Act, which provided for a maximum penalty of £20. Defendant had a number of documents printed in Cliristchurch hea.ded "Final notice" of intention to proceed in the local Court for the recovery of debt. Defendant had canvassed New Zealand with these, and people had been prosecuted for sending them out. "We know nothing about this man," said Detective-Sergeant Revell. "We have not had the opportunity of interviewing him apart from serving the summons." The magistrate imposed a fine of £5 on the first charge and £2 on the second charge.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 134, 9 June 1933, Page 8
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