A DODGE THAT FAILED.
Stanley G. Robinson was charged at the Wellington S.M. Court recently with posting to Mrs Curtis a document which, by reason of its wording or appearance, was likely to cause auy person ignorant ot the law to believe that it had been issued by a court of law, judge, magistrate, or other officer ot the Court.
The defendant was manager of the Anglo-American Art Company which gives away photographic enlargements, making a charge for the frame. Mrs Curtis ordered some enlargements, and a dispute arose as to payment. Mrs Curtis then received a document printed on blue paper and couched in pseudolegal terms threatening the receiver with proceedings in the Magistrate’s Court. The defendact called on Mrs Curtis later, and asked her “ if she had received the summons.” The chief detective stated that the practice of distributing such documents was becoming very common.
His Worship held that the document bore enough resemblance to a court paperjto constitute its issue a breach of the law. He therefore imposed a fine of £ 2 , with costs £1 3s, in default seven days’ imprisonment.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 395, 9 June 1908, Page 3
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184A DODGE THAT FAILED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 395, 9 June 1908, Page 3
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