CHARGE AGAINST A CHINESE
STRUCK OUT FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. n By Telegraph-Press Association. , Napier, December 5. At ,the Napier Magistrate's Court on Tuesday last a Napier Chinaman, named Yen Kee, was fined .£25 for selling oranges at Bd. each. At the Court this morning the Magistrate, Mr. R. AV. Dyer, brought the case up again, and stated that he had been perusing the Act, and he had come to the conclusion that there was nothing in the Act giving him jurisdiction to deal with such cases. Senior-Sergeant Bales agreed that the Act was very vague and misleading. Mr. Gleesoii, who appeared for the defendant, pointed out that if the case went to the Supreme. Court the only thing he'could do was to outer a plea of guilty. . ' . The Magistrate then struck out. the case for want of jurisdiction.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 61, 6 December 1918, Page 8
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139CHARGE AGAINST A CHINESE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 61, 6 December 1918, Page 8
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