UNSTAMPED RECEIPT.
MERCANTILE FIRM FINED
Murray, Roberts and Co. (Mr. Lusk) pleaded guilty at the Napier Police Court this morning to giving a receipt for an amount, over £2, without affixing the usual stamp duties. Mr. Lusk explained that the matter was a pure oversight by a relieving clerk. The man who received the receipt, instead of acting in the way a man usually would and senumg the receipt back to be fixed was apparently a high-minded gentleman and sent the receipt to the Stamp Duties Department!. Sergeant McLean said he Imd notlvuig to say. A fine of 10s with costs 7 s was inflicted.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 85, 20 March 1922, Page 5
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105UNSTAMPED RECEIPT. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 85, 20 March 1922, Page 5
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