RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, Wellington.
On Monday last an information was laid before 11. St. Hill Esq., Resident Magistrate by Captain Sharp, Boarding Officer of Customs, against Mr. J. J. Peacock, master of the brig Torrington, for having made an untrue report of the cargo of the Torrington at the Custom House, by which be had become liable to a penalty of One Hundred Pounds. From the evidence of Captain Sharp and of Mr. Eades, Locker at the Customs, it ap. peared that between 7 and 8 tons of flour, a quantity of gunpowder, shot, unmanufactured tobacco, and other merchandize were found on board, on their examination of the Torrington, which were not entered on the manifest of the vessel. The offence being fully proved, the defendant was fined the sum of One Hundred Pounds. We understand that the goods have also been seized by the Customs.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 569, 15 January 1851, Page 2
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146RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, Wellington. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 569, 15 January 1851, Page 2
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