ALLEGED BRIBERY

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 July 1928, Page 5

ALLEGED BRIBERY

SYDNEY CIVIC AFFAIRS. THE MALING CASE. CASE FOR .PROSECUTION CLOSED. United I rass Association—By Electric Telegiapu Copyright.) , (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, July 26. Tihe- case* for the prosecution has concluded in the charge of corruption against Sites Young Maling. Dr. Evatt, counsel -for Maling, then submitted* there was no case to* answer on legal grounds, as it was clear that the of the t-ra-nsaetum was a portion of trade at id commerce with another country, a® provided under the 'Common, wealth Constitution.

Jif Arnot’s evidence were accepted it would ibe elea-r that Arnot and Maling would- be guilty of an offence, not under the New South Wales* Act, but under the Federal* Secret Commission's Act, under which offences were punishable only after conviction by jury. The construction of the State Act must of necessity be confined to a transaction within the State. After argument the magistrate held that he had jurisdiction and that there was a case to answer. . . Gwynn Boyd, of the c*ity electricity department, was the first witness for the- defence. He gave evidence* that lie had examined the tenders for the Bannerong contract and lie had no doubt that Babcock and Wilcox’s tender was* the best. At no time did Maling endeavour to influence bis conclusion. The case was- at this stage adjourned.