Pleaded Guilty, But Adjudged Innocent
CURIOUS EFFECT OF RESERVED JUDGMENT Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Sept 30. To bo 'adjudged innocent of any offeueo after ho had pleaded guilty was the position in which a defendant to a charge laid under the Land Act, 1924, has been placed as a result of a reserved judgment delivered by W. H. Woodward, S.M. It was alleged against Ernest John Press, of Oakura, that ho had subdivided a leasehold property of which ho was the proprietor without tho approval of the plans by the Minister, fill's. I. M. Mills, owner of tho' property, was charged with assisting in the commission of the offence. Tho Magistrate held that Press, not being the owner of tho laud, was not responsible for tho submission of the plan to tho Minister, and there being no offence, fifrs. filills could not have assisted him in committing it. The entering of judgment was delayed to givo Press an opportunity to withdraw his plea.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 232, 2 October 1935, Page 13
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164Pleaded Guilty, But Adjudged Innocent Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 232, 2 October 1935, Page 13
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