A Bankrupt Punished for Not Keeping Proper Books.
(PEE press association ) Dunedin, This Day. Charles Gambe, a bankrupt, for not keeping proper books aud destroying books pleaded guilty to the first count, whicli tho Crown accepted. The Judge, in passing sentence, said the sooner it was known that, under the new Act, not keeping proper books by traders was punishable by imprisonment the better. Tho result of passing a hoavy sentence in cases of this kind would certainly be tp prevent juries in the present state of public opinion' 'from' convicting, which would bo undesirable.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 334, 8 June 1894, Page 2
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95A Bankrupt Punished for Not Keeping Proper Books. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 334, 8 June 1894, Page 2
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