FIRST OPIUM PROSECUTION.
The Full Penalty Inflicted
(Special to Star.)
Dunedin, This Day. The first prosecution under the Opium Prohibition act of last session took place at Port Chalmers to-day when William Dyer was charged with importing two ten ib tins of opium on the 16th inst. The defendant pleaded guilty and Mr Piatt, his counsel, asked for a mitigation of the penalty of £IOO. This was approved of by the Collector of Customs, but their Worships (Messrs Mill and Monson) after consultation, decided to indict the full penalty of £IOO and costs.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 November 1901, Page 3
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93FIRST OPIUM PROSECUTION. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 November 1901, Page 3
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