TRAFFIG IN OPIUM
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Wellington Man Fined £125 "SYNDICATE WILL PAY"
(By Telegraph
WELLINGTON, Last Night. William Colin Wilkin, a coloured waterside worker, aged 53 years, was charged to-day with importing prepared opium and with being found in possession of prepared opium. He pleaded not guilty to the first eharge and guilty to .the second. It was stated that he accused was koru in the British West Indies and had been in New Zealand for 30 years. He had been under suspieion of being engaged in the opium trafiic for some time. About mid-day yesterday he was seen going aboard the Maunganui .on whieh he was not working and was again seen going aboard at 5 p.m. He was accosted when coming ashore and was found to have 10 tins of opium on his pei«off. The value was metntioned •us about £70. The minimum penalty of £125 was imposed, in default sdx montha.jgaol on the first eharge. "It is most obvious that the syndicate pays," says the magistrate, when time to pay was aought, but he allowed two months. provided that the accused antered into a bond on his own reeogufeanee.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 158, 22 July 1937, Page 4
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