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PUBLISHER OF PAMPHLET FINED By Telegraph Press Association AUCKLAND, November 9. As a sequel to the publication of a pamphlet entitled “McArthur Strikes Back at Coates and the Kelly Gang," Maurice Vincent Bates, Auckland manager of the Investment Executive Trust of New Zealand, Ltd., was charged at the Police Court with dispersing and also with publishing a pamphlet in which the place of abode of the printer was not stated. He pleaded guilty. The police said over 1500 pamphlets had been printed. Bates said they had been printed on instructions from Australia. A printer had been prosecuted on similar charges at Wellington. Counsel said the offci.ee was only a technical one. Defendant had relied on a printer who said he thought the printing of the firm’s name was sufficient. The Magistrate suggested that a conviction on one charge would suffice, but the prosecuting detective said he had been instructed to press both charges. The Magistrate said he appreciated the defendant’s bona fides, and fined him the minimum, £5, on both charges. He also suggested an application to the Minister for remission on one fine.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 22
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