MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24022, 10 August 1943, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

1 ♦ ■ ■ , MONDAY (Before Mr E. C. Lewey, S.M.) STAMP DUTIES ACT A fine of £5 on one charge and of 20s on each of two others was imposed when Annette Clifford (Mr R. p. Thompson) pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Stamp Duties Act. The breaches consisted of separating amounts, when giving receipts, with intent to evade payment of duty. Chief-Detective W. H. Dunlop said the defendant was the owner of numerous flats. She had between 120 and 150 tenants, many of them pensioners paying small rents. They usually paid once a month, on pensions day. The defendant, however, gave weekly receipts, the reason given being that this was easier for the tenants to follow. These were only three of the many charges that might be brought against Mrs Clifford. She was an astute business woman and knew enough of commercial practice to know she was breaking the law. Mr Thompson said all the tenancies were weekly, and weekly receipts were given to preserve them as such. Mrs Clifford did not appreciate that the giving of monthly receipts did not prejudice weekly tenancies. "It sounds silly," said the Magistrate in Imposing sentence. MAINTENANCE CASE (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) Separation, maintenance, and guardianship orders on the ground of failure to maintain, were granted Mona Catherine Uren against Davey Armistice Uren, maintenance being fixed at £3 15s a week.