SEAMAN HEAVILY FINED.
Per Press Association. TIMARU, January 10. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day a seaman of the steamer Omana, from Newcastle, pleaded guilty to smuggling a marabout stole of a value of £Q. The Customs collector stated that accused was going ashore with, the parcel partly concealed. Counsel for accused pleaded ignorance on the part of his client, who was asked by a. lady friend of Westport to purchase the stole in Sydney. The Magistrate, in inflicting a fine of £25, said that he regretted tjie law disallowed him to impose less- He considered that £5 to £lO was sufficient to meet the case.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17245, 11 January 1924, Page 11
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