SEIZED SILVER
FORFEITED TO CROWN ATTEMPTED EXPORTATION (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Final steps were taken in the Supreme Cuiirt to determine the ownership of £BO7 in silver which was stolen from a motor car in Wanganui in .June of last year. The money was claimed by the Crown, in whose possession it was, on the ground that its owner was attempting to export it from the Dominion, and that it was, therefore, liable to seizure. Tiie Solicitor-General took proceedings by way of an “information in rem” to claim the silver, the ownership of which was also claimed by William Toomey, of Auckland. Mr. Justice Ostler said that in his opinion the evidence clearly proved Toorney’s intention to export that silver contrary to the regulations. Ho was convinced that Toomey was engaged in an organised business to. export silver for profit. The Crown had not only shown intention, but that overt acts had been done. Toomcy’s proved acts went far beyond , preparation, and amounted to an attempt. There would be an order declaring the forfeiture of the silver to the Crown.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 12 October 1934, Page 5
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182SEIZED SILVER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 12 October 1934, Page 5
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