A FALSE SUBPOENA
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) HOKITIKA, June 24. In' the Magistrate's Court Joseph Martini,..salesman, was charged with issuing a false document,. purporting that a man had been subpoened, which resulted in the recipient making a journey from Weheka, 100 miles below Hokitika, to attend the Court.
The Magistrate convicted Martini and fined him £3, stating that he. thought it a stupid prank, otherwise the maximum penalty would have been inflicted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 14
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71A FALSE SUBPOENA Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 14
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