UNLAWFUL WEAPON
A PASSENGER'S PISTOL
An attempt to bring an automatic pistol ashore from the Marama, which arrived from Sydney yesterday, resulted in the appearance in the Magistrate's Court a tew hours later of one of the passengers, a young man, who was fined £3 for having had possession of an unlawful weapon, namely, an automatic pistol. He was also convicted and discharged for bringing the pistol into New Zealand without a permit. it,011^!"- 06'60'"'6 Carroll said that when the Marama arrived from Sydney yesterday morning the accused told Customs officers that he was not carrying arms but a search revealed a Browning automatic pistol in his. pocket. The accused told Detective Waterson that he had found the weapon in his cabin but later said that he had been given the pistol in Sydney as a security by a man to whom he lent 16s.
The accused explained to the Court that the man who had left the pxn with him had never returned for it and he -had foolishly brought it to New Zealand. He had.no criminal intention.
The chief-detective said that there was no' ammunition with the pistol. The weapon was forfeited. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1934, Page 14
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194UNLAWFUL WEAPON Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1934, Page 14
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