THREAT OF PROSECUTION
JUDICIAL PROCESS IMITATED AUTHOR OF DOCUMENTS FINED. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 9. William Edward Allison was charged to-day on two counts with selling documents in imitation of judicial processes. Detective Sergeant Revcll said the defendant had written to the police forwarding a plea of guilty to the court. The charge was laid under section 20 of the Police Offences Act, which provided a maximum penalty of £2O. The defendant had a number of documents printed in Christchurch, headed “ Final notice of intention to proceed in the local court for recovery of debt.” The defendant bad canvassed New Zealand with these, and people had been prosecuted for sending them out. “ We know nothing about this man,” said Detective Revell. “Wo. have not had an opportunity of interviewing him apart from serving the summons.” The magistrate imposed a fine of £5 on the first charge, and £2 on the second.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21976, 10 June 1933, Page 17
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