No-License in Invercargill.
PETITION DISMISSED. Invercargill, January 30. The Magistrate delivered judgment on the local option petition againgst the result ot the poll. The petition was dismissed with costs against the petitioners. Four no-license votes were disallowed, reducing the majority to three.
The Chairman said the Court was unanimous in its judgment. With regard to the irregularities the evidence disproved the whole of them. In reference to the illitterates, though there had been irregularities on the part of an official, such would not invalidate their vote. In regard to the official seals being absent from certain papers the Court was unable to take the view of the petitioners. Unsealed papers were not to be treated as informal unless there was reason to believe that they were fraudalent. Ineffective voting papers could not be accepted as votes having been recorded. The law disregards the voice of the electors who speaks through an informal ballot paper, and he could not be considered a voter.
Of the vote disallowed one had two lines and part of the third delected, one had a line across back, and two bore other writing. The costs are 4.4 guineas.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3616, 1 February 1906, Page 3
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192No-License in Invercargill. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3616, 1 February 1906, Page 3
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