THE SUGAR TRUST CASE.
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, April 29. In dealing with the conviction under* section o (the conspiracy . clause) Sir John Findlay said that it was conspiracy to monopolise hy illegal . mite us. Such a; cohpiracy was contrary io tho public interest. The conspiracy ' might be, for example, to carry out its object by. means'of a series or system of branches of section 3. He cbnrendod■ that to establish a conviction under section 3 no proof of conspiracy " or agreement was necessary, but that under sectiou 5 the additional p|.»mt»n^ of conspiracy was essential, and, 1 hat therefore the convictions were not upon the same facts. Similarly a pe/swn or firm might abet an offence unilor >octibn 3 without being a. member ,(f a conspiracy, and within the penal provisions of section 5. Proojodirig he contended, that conspiracy was * undoubtedly contrary to the piibli 3 interest apart from the question :;f breacHes of section 3. Sir John Fmdl.ty had not concluded when the Court aijjurnod till to-morrow. .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 30 April 1913, Page 5
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170THE SUGAR TRUST CASE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 30 April 1913, Page 5
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