Exservicemen and War Weapons
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AUCKLAND. July 5. The t'ael that it was an ofTence to retain tui unlicensed automatic weapon j shonld be noted by all rcturned serviee.- ' men, said the Magistrate, 31 r. ,1. Ti. , Luxford, when fiuing Norman Lawrence Collis, agcd o3, riiachinist, £23 for carrying a firearm exrept foh a lawful purposc. Mr. Luxford added that it ex-servicemon had souvenir weapons llie'v sliould apply for licences. Louis Morgau, agod 23, labonrer, was similarlv fmed for having a revolver in his possession except for a j lawful purposc. The two men shared a flat. Atorgan 1 owned the revolver and in his abscncc 1 Collis tof>k the weapon which was ! found'.in his possession aftcr entering j a coiiutinghduse at Newmarket 9 and
stealing topls valned at £107, to which cliarge he pleaded guilty. Collis and Morgan were remanded to appear at Wellington 011 a joint cliarge of breaking and entering the eountiugliouse of Kickard and'BuriiS and stealing jewellery, etc., valued at £137.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 7
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168Exservicemen and War Weapons Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 7
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