PRISON FOR DEBT

NZ Truth, Issue 1152, 29 December 1927, Page 16

PRISON FOR DEBT

| Q..» (1) If a man gets say 7 | days' imprisonment on a judg- | merit summons for debt and | serves it, what then is the posi- | tion? Does that free him from | further summons? (2) If on | the other han.d I am taken to = court for debt and the magis- | trate makes no order, am I i then clear of any further | trouble?— "Digger" (Linwood). 1 A.: (1) Yes, according to a I recent decision of E. Page, S.M., | at Wellington, but you are liable | for the judgment and all other | means of execution may be i taken against you. (2) Further I judgment summonses may be I issued.