RABBIT DESTRUCTION CASE
—♦— —' r MAGISTRATE CRITICISES ACT. ' By Telegraph—Press Asaociatton • Chpistchurch,' March 2G. ' A' rabbit destruction case which had been sent back from tlio'Supreme-Court on appeal was finally of (lus morning by the Magistrate, Mr.- Day. Tho case had been broiißhtby'a rabbit inspector, against Richard-Candy, sheepr farmer, on Banks. Peninsula. ■_ At. the original' hearing the case was'dismissed. - In .entering' a conviction, the iio.gi?trate said the Act held »that he niust accept the'inspector's-word that'rabbits had not been destroyed.- The fact; ;nat a' Magistrate, could not so beyond ; the word of an' inspector -tvus-- a - serious matter.'and one for the .fanningcommunity to tak'e lip.;He,cast'no, ieilec. lion on the tospectors . in ' the present case, buh it • was open : to an unscrnpu- - lous inspector .to lay an information, and the Court would have to take' his word. ' He would not penalise the de : fendant. There-would be no costs.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 156, 27 March 1920, Page 7
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144RABBIT DESTRUCTION CASE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 156, 27 March 1920, Page 7
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