PALMERSTON NORTH.
Thia Day. Mr. Snelson, the Mayor, who is auctioneer, was charged yesterday, ■with a breach of the Arms Act, by selling a gun to a person not licensed. He pleaded that he followed the, usual practice of auctioneers taking a shilling from the purchaser for the license, which he after px-ocured. He Was cemmitted for trial, but the R.M. remarked that evidently the defendant had no intention to commit the offence, and advised him to apply for a ' nolle proseqtie to be entered.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 818, 25 June 1879, Page 2
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