POWERS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Chbistchtjrch, July 10.
In his address to the Grand Jury to-day, Judge Williams said — There is a case of obtaining goods by false pretences. The goods were of a very trifling value, under £2, and this wes therefore a case that could have been dealt with by the Justices. Justices of the Peace, I think, are not aware that the provisions of the Justices of the Peace Act 1866, which enabled them to dispose of cases of larceny, when the value of the property does not exceed £5, have been extended by the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act 1874 to cases of embezzlement and obtaining goods or money by false pretences, where tho goods or money are of less value than £5. I mention this because the Name thing occurred at the Tiniaru crininal sessionsThe justices in that case had not noticed the provisions of the statutes of 1874.
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West Coast Times, Issue 4131, 12 July 1882, Page 2
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POWERS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
West Coast Times, Issue 4131, 12 July 1882, Page 2
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