SOVEREIGNS AND OLD GOLD
APPEAL CASES (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 10. Dismissing the appeal of Harolc. Harding Morris, manufacturing jewel .tr, from his conviction of nnlawfullj rallying on the business of a gold coin dealer, Mr Justice Ostler took the vien that traffic in sovereigns was not cur rency exchange, but the purchase oi gold. In regard to the other points raised, he said that the regulations were not ultra vires. • The Judge upheld the appeal of Harold Harding, Morris Ltd. from their conviction under the Second-hand Dealers Act. In his opinion, he said, the company came within the very words of the exemption as a person who purchases second-hand articles namely, old jewellery—for the purpose of manufacturing other articles namely, ingots of bullion—therefrom.
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Evening Star, Issue 21821, 10 September 1934, Page 12
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126SOVEREIGNS AND OLD GOLD Evening Star, Issue 21821, 10 September 1934, Page 12
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