MECCA OIL CASE.
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, JlSy 22. In a reserved judgment in the Pimental case, Mecca Oil. Mr E. Page, S.M., holds that the transactions were entered into on false representations of Pimental being the accredited representative of a company in America. He called it “Mecca,” and alleged tint this company owned its own oil wells and refinery. In view of the fact tnuc criminal proceedings were proceeding, against the defendant, he did not think it desirable to discuss the matter further. He gave judgment for the amounts claimed—Wakefield £245/17/3, Begg £179/1/-, Wimsett £94/6/I—with costs in each case. Mr Treadwell said that under a section of the Magistrate’s Court Act he had filed a notice yesterday that he required defendant to be examined forthwith as to any debts accruing or •due to him, with the idea of taking attachment proceedings on any such debts. He did this because he wanted to be assured that the £3OOO odd it was alleged defendant had made in New’ Zealand would not go out of the country.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18626, 23 July 1930, Page 3
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178MECCA OIL CASE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18626, 23 July 1930, Page 3
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