PENALTY OF £40,000.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1923, Page 3

PENALTY OF £40,000.

*—sfl!se— I.Ncn.M! 'EM I RAFDN. ! ( RIMIN'AP I'Rik'EcrnnN WITHDRAWN London. K l> ; Ari Imr Henry Pali.-on. a City mi -i - 1 nt--' man i- to pav a peualtv of £-111.Ok!) ' i.,Hull,- ina. let •• n turns in . .me,as ion i w ill: t!:.- "iiper-tax. and al-o paid alI rears of CM! .3,i M. 1 Pan -Oil ua- to have lu-i-n i lmrgcd at Bow S' r- 1 F'olii e Court vest aril.tv ! with making l Im fal-a returns, hut on tin ; :>pl i.-al ilia of Sir Ri- hard M mr. V. ho a; c ar d for the I aland Revenue autlioril!' s. t In- I- w as withdrawn. Sir Richard said that lit -uch t-n i tie- Board of I ilium! Rave,me < out.l Oil la-r j-it-o( cad bv ai non for p mall w|or tala- < riminal pi uceodiligs. '! h" Board di ided "it a criminal proxecii- : Don 1 -, 11 1 since that lime other i-r'o | kail con-" to th' ir Im. whaler with h I had calls: <1 t !"-ut i n all T t “oil' view.-, ;and thy now limughl the | mper ; i.our- - v.as ill apply to the Coni I for : consent to take :e lion to recover penalties. Medical eertilL at---, one Irom I .ord j Dawson of Penn were read hy Sir ; Ri.-hard. '! h sta! al that Demon's ; la-all li was such thru if Im were placed I on i i ial llmre would lev a gru -, -, anti ' possibly fatal, result. The Magistrate. Sir Chartres Ibrnn, !in agr -.-mg that I lie ca -c should be | yit lolraw n. -aid t bat m ripped of all legal phru-colony ami coming do-.vii to | the feels v bat it ' ante to was ! 'ti- : ■ That' the man Benson bad swmdlctl ,1m i Exchoqu-'I- out of £2i!..TI)J. t bat Im had : i-cinrit- .! that anmunt, and t hat ■ o re- ! -I,;-,-* of tie- fra ml he had been lined til.- sum of £ in.iik i. ||e agreed to the withdrawal ol the ,-n- ■ a- he warn -ali-li-d Dial lie was cut ill. h io take Benson's k aph into coiisiilonition. Sir Pi,hard Muir, in hi- application ■ for the willidt aw a I ol the case, said j Pm son uu- a very wealthy man. Ever | -iim Super-tax was imposed in the I n,v year lt!l!‘)-l!)lu lie had made false i ret urns. Hi- taxable income sint e Ibid : imd never in anv one ol the years been j joss Hum C lO.lkiO. In 10BL U>2i». 1021, lit iuol exi-ceil'd £?:?(!J!!M>. and PJ2I-22 j ii ext -.-“ tied bJb.'liO. ! In Dm t liirt'-eu year- Ib-n-mi's true j average im-mim was £2l .Dm. The avr-r----i age jneome time he returned in his j false returns wa- only equal to C 12.j “-in a- year. : 'sir Richartl gave the following ligi nr. s:— I Year. True fntome. h'uKe Return, j 7 ... C 10.877 ... £11,273 5 1917-18 ... £21.712 ... £10.229 j 1921-221 ... £30.1 f>l ... £16.612 I The totals for the thirteen years, j -aid Sir Rich aril were i True Income C 283.117

False return - 1 68,770 The ilili'erau'-o being ... I I P-D2^ 'I he tax r.lj: ovei able was £31.03'• wlmrea- the tax paid on the returns ua- C 13.727 meaning a a -- to the Rc■'r.'loliTad had to pay the arrears aimmoting to £20.304 and lm would now have to pay a penalty of CtO.Dg"). '['--ii-.m's a'ldress was given a- Ank-.-r----wycke. Wraysbury. Bm-ks. and the false return- wore said to have been at an address in King-way.