PAMPHLET PUBLISHED
PRINTER’S NAME NOT STATED.
FINES IMPOSED.
(Per United Press Association.) Auckland, November 9. As a sequel to the publication of a pamphlet entitled “McArthur Strikes Back at Coates and the Kelly Gang, Maurice Vincent Bates, of Auckland, manager of the Investment Executive Trust of N.Z., Ltd., was charged in the Police Court with dispersing and also with publishing a pamphlet in which the place of abode of the printer was not stated. He pleaded guilty. The police said that over 1500 pamphlets had been printed. . Bates said they had been printed on instructions from Australia. The printer had been prosecuted on similar charges at Wellington. Counsel said the offences were only technical. Defendant had relied on the printer, who said he thought the printing of the firm’s name was sufficient. The Magistrate suggested a conviction on one charge would suffice, but the prosecuting detective said he had been instructed to press both charges. The Magistrate said he appreciated defendant’s bona fides and fined him the minimum of £5 on both charges. He also suggested application to the Minister for remission of one fine.
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Southland Times, Issue 22475, 10 November 1934, Page 5
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185PAMPHLET PUBLISHED Southland Times, Issue 22475, 10 November 1934, Page 5
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