MONEY SENT OUT OF
COUNTRY
MAGISTRATE'S WARNING
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
INVERCARGILL, August 27,
The first case of its kind in Southland was heard in the Magistrate's Court when William Francis Keane was charged under the Finance Emergency Regulations with unlawfully sending money out of the country.
The police stated that the defendant sent a postal aijtc for 5s 6d to an Australian consultation. This was returned to him by the censor, but then he sent the same note to a friend in Melbourne. The defendant's letter was opened by the Australian censor and the postal note was found.
Replying to the Magistrate, the defendant said he did not realise he was committing an offence. Mr. Aberriethy, S.M., pointed out that the maximum penalty for the offence under the regulations was a fine of £200 or a year's imprisonment. If any more cases of the nature came before the Court he would have no hesitation in inflicting a severe fine, even imprisonment. The defendant was convicted and fined £2.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 51, 28 August 1940, Page 15
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