CONFISCATED WEAPON

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 April 1939, Page 3

CONFISCATED WEAPON

j ACTION FOR RETURN FAILS j CHRISTCHURCH, 17th April, i The return of a revolver which had | been confiscated to a man who had had it since the Great War was tested before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., in ( the Magistrates’ Court this morning, when Peter Allan Dunn brought a complaint against the Superintendent of Police for the return of a revolver, in accordance with the Arms Act. After hearing the evidence the magistrate said that there was an obvious omission in the Act. He did not think he had power to consider the application and was certain he had no power to grant it. Dunn would have to petition the Crown, he added, in dismissing the information. Counsel said that Dunn valued the weapon for its sentimental value and wanted it as a souvenir. The weapon had been stolen and when the thieves appeared in Court it had been confiscated. Dunn had had the revolver since the war, said Chief Detective Dunlop, but it had never been registered. It was in good working order and permits were rarely granted for its type. In any case when the confiscation order was made the firearm came into the possession of the Crown and not the pch re.