Fined For False Income Tax Returns
NEW PLY.MOUTH, Mareh 22. " It is beyond beuef lnafe deiendaat lias at tlie eApeitse oi tlie Uooknialvvrs made year arter year tae Itirgc* sums repre.seuled Dy ttie jjin-eas.e in his assels or e'ven the inoi*e niodest £7U(. to £.S0() a year whieh he himself estimates unless he lias seeoud sig'ii t for vvmners and tlie bookinakers have sottening of the brain," siad Mr. W. II. Woodward, in the New Plynioutn Court this morning giving his reserved deeision on tive eharges of wiitu iv t'urnishing false returius of inconie laid against " jVIirhael Metod Novak. Novan was eonvicted ou all tive eharges and fined £o() on eaeli- with £9 12s eosts. "The c/.se for tlie proseeution rests on adinitted heavy aeeretious to defendant's assets in .eaeli of the . periods totalling about £470(1," said tlie niagistrate. Kel'erriug to *the bookinakers' aeeounts Mr. Woodward said: "It is elear that if these are gemnne bookinakers 1 aeeounts tliev are not a t'air seleetion but are a selection made to mislead the ( 'onrt »into believing de-' t'endant has made large profits. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 3
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181Fined For False Income Tax Returns Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 3
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