INTERESTING DECISION.
STAMPING A SALE DOCKET. \sg<>,Nation.i WELLINGTON, July 25. A case of unusual interest wa,< concluded yesterday when the magistrate delivered his decision in the case Police v. D.I.C. The charge was that the defendants wrote a receipt for £2/11/0 liable to dut\ without being stamped. The defendant firm claimed that the docket issued at the time of tho sale was not intended for a receipt, but merely as a check upon goods going out of the shop and on the money received. It was proved in the evidence that it was the practice of the defendants to have a docket made in respect of every sale, whether for cash or on credit that took place in their establishment. This practice exists throughout the whole trade in New Zealand. After dealing extensively with the legal authority, the magistrate, in his judgment, said that the object of the docket was to inform the purchaser of the details of his purchase and to enable the department to keep a record of the business done. The charge was dismissed.
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15885, 25 July 1923, Page 4
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177INTERESTING DECISION. Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15885, 25 July 1923, Page 4
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