THE CHINESE POLL TAX CASE
|BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday. Judgment was given by the Chief Justice to-day in the case of Bannatyne and Co. v. Collector of Customs, an action brought for recovery of £300, paid as poll tax on three Chinese seamen who deserted from the steamer Indralema and evaded recapture. His Honor held that the payment had not been voluntary, under a mistake of law, and defendant having paid money over to the Treasury, could not be sued.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11541, 28 November 1900, Page 5
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