EVASION OF CUSTOMS DUTY
A DOCTOR FINED. [Per Press Association.l CHRISTCHURCH. May 16. James Whitton, a medical practitioner. was lined £75 for attempting to evade duty on furniture and wearing apparel brought back from England after a visit there. The Crown Solicitor said that Whitton brought back furniture and effects valued at between <£6oo and £7OO. Before leaving England he obtained from the High Commissioner’s Office a statement of the class of goods admitted tree of duty. He then made a declaration that the goods had been in use up to twelve months and did not exceed £3OO. The duty really payable was from £l6O to £l7O, and a heavy penalty was asked. Mr Gresson, counsel for Dr. Whitton, pleaded guilty, but claimed that Dr. Whitton thought the goods were duty free.
Tlie magistrate said that defendant was not an ignorant man and could have understood the implicit instructions received in London. He would not make an allowance for forfeiture of furniture of the Customs penalty.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18784, 18 May 1923, Page 8
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166EVASION OF CUSTOMS DUTY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18784, 18 May 1923, Page 8
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