SMUGGLED GOODS
CONDEMNED AND FORFEITED (P.A.) Dunedin. Aug. 25. Application for the condemnation and forfeiture of a large quantity of jewellery and precious stones alleged to have been smuggled into the country in December. 1941. was before Mr. Justice Kennedy in the Supreme Court this morning. The case was stated to be the first of its kind to be brought in New Zealand. Mr. Adams, representing the Attorney-General, said that it was the first time he had had to prepare such a procedure, which was an ancient English form for which he had been unable to find any precedent in the Dominion. The goods had been found in a postal packet so packed as to be likely to deceive officers of the Customs. They had been seized on account of a breach of the Act in that revenue had been evaded. The goods were the property of Eric Rutland Mander and were imported from Australia by him. Their current domestic value was. £l5l 3s lOd, and the duties amounted to £25 and sales tax to £23. Mander had been served with a notice of the application but made no appearance.
His Honour gave judgment pursuant to the form submitted, condemning the goods as forfeited, and he directed that the goods remain in His Majesty’s hands to be disposed of according to law.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 204, 30 August 1943, Page 1
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