WITHOUT A PERMIT
I*T .POSESSSION OF A EEVOLVEE. !_'Thers is no.'justification for a map cringing such a weapon here," declared Chief-Detective Kemp in emphatic tones-in the Magistrate's Court to-day .when Samuel Keeeh, described as a =Uward,. was charged with bringing a firearm into New Zealand without a permit, and "with being in possession of an unregistered firearm. The chief detective added that Detectives Hunt and Kane discovered two revolvers -when searching the defendant's residence. The one which was the subject of the charge was a revolver-of heavy calibre. No ammunition, howeved," was discovered in .the search. .-.-. ,■ ■ The defendant said he bought the revolver in the United States while ho •W9S a steward on the Maunganui _ The Chief' Detective : "His occupation enables him to bring'this sort of thnig m."' The Magistrate .(Mr. C. R.-Orr Waifcer, & ,M.) 'imposed a fine of £5 on the iirst charge; and convicted and discharged the defendant on the second. He ordered the weapons to be confiscated
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 130, 5 June 1925, Page 8
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WITHOUT A PERMIT
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 130, 5 June 1925, Page 8
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