Evasion of Customs Duties.
[By 'Tjslkgeaph.] (Per Press Association.) Auckland, This day. At the Supreme Court Giffron Hannah was charged with fraudelent evasion of Customs duties. It was alleged that the defendant was knowingly concerned in fraudulent evasion by presenting false invoices representing less prices than were actually paid and the payment of duty on such prices. The defeuce was a general denial. The Crown Prosecutor said the invoices seized in defendant's shops showed that he did a lot of business, especially with two French firms. In some instances the invoices were under-valued at least 40 per cent. It appeared that a Paris firm sent a true invoice in Arabic and an under-value invoice, which was ghown to the Customs, in French. Najab Bordzaid, an Assyrian, produced translated copies of the correspondence.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 383, 27 July 1897, Page 2
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132Evasion of Customs Duties. Hastings Standard, Issue 383, 27 July 1897, Page 2
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