Committed Offence By Keeping Pet Deer
(N.Z. Press Association) WHANGAREI, April 12. Walter Ernest Stanton Derrott, an Awarua farmer, today admitted a charge of keeping a deer in captivity. Mr J. R. Herd, S.M., was told this was the first time such a charge had been made in New Zealand. Mr J. W. Imrie, who represented the conservator for the Auckland forest conservancy, said that deer were owned by the Crown and a permit to keep such an animal was required. Perrott did not have a permit.
Mr C. W. Weir, for Perrott, said that his client was unaware of the regulations. The deer had been kept on his
farm as a family pet. Since being informed that he was committing an offence, Perrott had disposed of the deer
Perrott had committed a technical breach of the new regulations which were not widely known by the general public. Asked by the Magistrate if the new regulations had been published, Mr Imrie said they had not.
It appeared the public had been left in ignorance of the new regulations, said the Magistrate. For this reason, and although he could not accept ignorance as an excuse in law. he would treat Perrott leniently. He convicted Perrott and ordered him to pay court costs.
Committed Offence By Keeping Pet Deer
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30724, 13 April 1965, Page 18
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