APPEAL COURT
A SAMOAN APPEAL. (By Telegraph—ter tress Association) WELLINGTON, October 16. In Nelson and Co. v. Police case, continuing argument be lore the bull Court to-day, Mr Moody submitted that the appellant Company was not a person within the meaning of the regulations, which referred only to physical persons and not incorporated bodies. A body corporate could not be convicted of the offence charged in’this case. The offence charged, necessarily implied disloyal intent and a Company was not capable of having such an intent. . Furthermore, the Court in deciding the matter, should consider not merely the guilty directors, if any, but also those innocent shareholders and creditors of the Coy. The Chief Judge had imposed the maximum penalty -in each case, which showed ho had not given proper consideration to the question and penalty. Had the IJvairJJ been dealt with in New Zealand the maximum would have been impasec upon one charge.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1931, Page 6
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153APPEAL COURT Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1931, Page 6
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