AS A WARNING
NOMINAL FINE IMPOSED BREACH OF STAMP DUTIES ACT. [Per Press Association.] TIMARU, Afay 18. At the Afagistrate's Court Robert C. Littlejohn was charged with having made a valution to the amount of £1,165, and neglected to stamp same. The defendant pleaded ignorance of the Stamp Act. Detective Walker said the defendant had been quite ignorant of any offence, as were hundreds of others. The Afagistrate agreed with this view, but said that others would now take warning from the case. The maximum penalty was £5O, but in consideration of the circumstances Littlejohn would be fined £1 and ordered to pay costs. _________
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19844, 19 May 1927, Page 6
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104AS A WARNING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19844, 19 May 1927, Page 6
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