CAUGHT WITH OPIUM
SEAMAN ON THE WANGANELLA. COURT IMPOSES FINE OF £125. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, April 9. Herbert James Masterton, aged 35, seaman, was caught by a Customs official coming off the Wanganella last night with six tins of opium on his person. He was fined £125 this morning, the minimum, in .default three months’ imprisonment. The opium, which was worth at least £6O, was automatically forfeited.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1935, Page 12
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