NO GAME LICENSE.
A charge of being in possession of a cock pheasant without lawful authority was preferred againet a Maori youth, Charlie Eau. at the Pukekohe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Morling, S.M. A plea of guilty was entered. Mr. A. P. King, representing the Acclimatisation Society, said when a. ranger apprehended defendant on May 4 the latter could not produce his game liconso. lie said he had left it at his home, but later it was aeccrtainc.l that he did not possess one. Hβ ateo told the ranger that a man had shot the bird and had given it to him.
Mr. C. R. Sturrock said defendant's father had given him 30/ with which to obtain a license, and told him not to go shooting until he had Hie li"«"w T , - boy ignored the advice, preferring to shoot first and take out a license latar. He had, however, take.n out a license on May 9.
The magistrate said the explanation appeared reasonable, and defendant was fined £1 and ordered to pay £1 11/ in costs.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 223, 19 September 1940, Page 6
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178NO GAME LICENSE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 223, 19 September 1940, Page 6
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