ELECTION DAY ILLEGALITY
PARTY TICKETS DISTRIBUTED. TEST CASE AT CHRISTCHURCH. By Telegraph—Press Association. . Christchurch, Dec. 15. The practice of distributing party tickets at election, booths was declared to be illegal by Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., this morning. In what was treated as a test case Albert Edward Forsey was charged that on November 30 while a poll was being taken for the Tramway Board he interefered with the electors while on their way to the polling booth with the intention of influencing them as to their vote.
The judgment of Mr. Justice Blair in the case of Cogswell v. Morgan was freely quoted during the hearing. The magistrate said the law was quite clear on the point.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1933, Page 4
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