THE OFFENSIVE PUBLICATIONS ACT.
' [PUB pbess association.] WEllington, March 9. The Stipendiary Magistrate. fined Orr, a chemist, 20s a,ndcosts; on a charge under the Offensive Publications Act. Mr. Haselden said he was impressed with the defendant's contention that he knew nothing of -the contents, but wrapping the medicine in question in his own leaflet drawing attention to cures of certain diseases destroyed the force of the contention and constituted a breach of section sof the Act. The case was not a bad one; therefore he inflicted only a nominal penalty.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 53, 10 March 1900, Page 2
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90THE OFFENSIVE PUBLICATIONS ACT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 53, 10 March 1900, Page 2
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