ILLEGAL CHANGE OF MAME.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14134, 24 March 1916, Page 6

ILLEGAL CHANGE OF MAME.

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CAh?: AT MANGIOiiA.

A f>;:.v-> in wh'yh » v u'-v^ f><~ }{.anKiovn, born in Pcson, 7,,-rr,inny, and VTatuvi-Jisod ii- >,"o\v Zealand many yojU'o ayo, was chitr^-.'d with illeguliy rhau^iii'i 'his niinu.\ u;x> k<>-\v:'> before y\r T. A. P, Jt;.;i!t-y, S.M., at tho R-mi-giora Court. M--ix Ch;i-ki1, fnnvicrlv knnv.n as 2d:i:i •>kl;rcwk, was chiU'^cd Ihr.i ■.v'ttlnn t-h-. .-.puco {■>: ~'ix niuiuli;-; k':-;t jva*t. he, l.x>; !na aTi ali'.'ii t'T:'-niy, did fuiit-inuo the use of a Jiiunc 1 otv.cr '.'ian fcliat by which! :ie- was knovrii prio'" To t-ho roninienccmev«t of the war with Germany. Mr .Raymond, K.C., appeired for theCrowri, and Mr Vun iVscli lor the defendant. Counsel for tho defendant -s:iid that in vlw cf the recent decisions in the Christehurch prosecutions for ftimila-r offence..* a. pie.; of !_,ui;t,v would i>e entered. Sklaark was burn in Posen in 1850, landing in New Zealand in 1809. He was naturalised -some- four .years later. Ho had been in business in llangiora for over 40 .years, and during that time he had been looked upon as a respected citizen of the town, with British sympathies. Ho had liberally to the various- patriotic funds, and it was his goodwill for tho British that caused him to change hi.s na.ru>. Sklaark Mas quite ignorant of the regulations, which should have 'been given much more publicity. Under the circumstances a conviction witihorit fine should suffice. Mr Raymond pointed out that tliej regulations had b<\2n gazetted on ].;>i cembor 17th, 1914< and wore sul-so- J quently published in the papers. The regulations had not- received the recoinvi'.io:! from alien enemies and their advisers that they should hfv/e. Underi the circrr; st:iiiceii, •though he udtnittodtberc- wa> no justii'ication ..for a viiidic-ti-.e penalty, .the department did not regard tho offence in the litihfc the defenct- sus-^osted Ho the- court. Ttiere w'asi jjo difFerence between tJris'and the Chris;-rr'iut'eh «.usi'S, where. a fine of -^X)s and eo.^ts sufF.ciont to reimbursetho C:-f>vyrnm(>ut werv-. imposed. A iiri" cP 40s, with costs £3 10s, was imposed.