ELECTION EXPENSES.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 24. A breach of the Electoral Act, 1927, in that he failed to supply the returning officer with an account of all payments made in connection with the Parliamentary election contest, was admitted on 'behalf of James Henry Edwards, aged 40 before Mr Hunt, SM. in the Police Court to-day. Edwards was an unsuccessful candidate in the Communist interest for the Auckland Central seat at the election last December. ~,,,, Counsel said that Edwards had left the return of his balance-sheet to his organiser, who admitted lie was to blame. _ ~ , Detective-Sergeant Kelly, who prosecuted, said that the maximum penalty for the offence was £2O. Edwards had been written to twice by the returning officer, but the letters had been ignored Counsel for Edwards said he did not think there had been a prosecution of this kind before in Auckland. He understood that the case had been brought as a warning. The Magistrate imposed a fine of £2 10s, with costs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 175, 25 June 1932, Page 8
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