A CONVICTION QUASHED.
[BT TELEORAHI.— rBKBS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, This DayIn tho case against the master of the ship Loch Garve, convicted of a breach of tho Shipping Act in not carrying a sufficient number of officers, Mr. Justice Wiliinms, applying tho principles laid down \<y Ihe Privy Council in the Gauntlet case, hold that Ritchie had not been guilty of , an offence under the statute, which must be construed strictly. The conviction was theiefore quashed. Ritchie's alleged offence was sailing without- a lecond nwt».
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 147, 19 December 1905, Page 7
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84A CONVICTION QUASHED. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 147, 19 December 1905, Page 7
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