The Crown Can Do No Wrong
[Per Press Association—Copyright.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
The defence that, under the Lighting Restriction Emergency Regulations, no one could be held responsible in a court of law for breaches of the regulations in offices occupied by the Crown, was upheld in the Magistrate’s Court, when George Hugh McLean, District Traffic Manager for the Railway Department, pleaded not guilty to a charge of allowing a light to show in railway offices during a blackout. For the defence, Mr. Gresson said the Crown was prima facie the occupier. The magistrate: And the Crown, of course, can do no wrong. That’s rather a pity; and the £2OO penalty would be rather useful. It was a clear case of casus omissus, and the mistake had arisen because the term “occupier” had not been clearly defined by the regulations, the magistrate said in dismissing the charge.
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Northern Advocate, 7 March 1942, Page 6
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146The Crown Can Do No Wrong Northern Advocate, 7 March 1942, Page 6
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