THE FULL COURT
AN A/PPEA.L DISMISSED. (United Press Association.* WELLINGTON, This Day. The Full Court delivered judgment in the Skipper v. Cumming appeal against conviction of appellant by a. magistrate at Rotorua under the War Regulations for. publishing, a statement likely to interfere with recruiting. . The 'Court held that the words, tisedl by appellant were «i violation bf tha Regulations and dismissed, tho appeal with £lO costs,- witnesses' expenses .alict disbursements. ■■:,,.'' The Court also decided that the Supreme Court has no, power to vary, or amend a sentence imposed byi n magistrate, and that it could only •affirm or quash the conviction.: . « V ".'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 26 October 1917, Page 8
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