DEFRAUDING THE CUSTOMS
STEVEDORE FINED £25. '• (By ToleßTß.Dk.—Prese .Association.) Dunedln, March 22. Li the Police Court a stevedore named Thomas Henderson was charged ivith unshipping a set of black furs and other articles of attire from ships in Dunedin Harbour when an entry liad not been made and passed, or a permit granted. Defendant. told a lady in a restaurant he frequented that he could get her a hat. Eventually she went to the wharf • and defendant obtained from. a ship over which he had control furs, a blouse, and a hat. He told the police that he purchased them from a steivard. In Court he pleaded guilty._ The Magistrate said a person obtaining goods was a party to fraud : against the Customs. The Court inflicted the minimum penalty of £25.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2416, 23 March 1915, Page 6
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131DEFRAUDING THE CUSTOMS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2416, 23 March 1915, Page 6
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