ELECTION EXPENSES
A COMMUNIST CANDIDATE AUCKLAND, June 24. A breach of the Electoral Act of 1927 in that he failed to supply the returning officer with an account of all payments made in connection with a parliamentary election contest was admitted on behalf of James Henry Edwards, aged 40, before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. Edwards was an unsuccessful candidate in the Communist interests for the Auckland Central seat at the election last December. Counsel said that Edwards had left the return of his balance sheet to his organiser, who admitted that he was to blame. Detective Sergeant Kelly, who prosecuted, said the maximum penalty for the offence was £2O. Edwards had been written to twice by the returning officer, but the letters had been ignored. Counsel for Edwards said he did not think there had been a prosecution of this kind before in Auckland. He understood that the case had been brought as a warning. The magistrate imposed a fine of £2 10s, with costs.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4085, 28 June 1932, Page 48
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171ELECTION EXPENSES Otago Witness, Issue 4085, 28 June 1932, Page 48
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