BREACH OF ELECTORAL ACT.
A Heavy Fine.
Auckland, Last Night,
At the Police Court this after'noon John William Mackay, a resident of Grey Lynn, was charged with committing a breach of the Electoral Act in that he signed his name as a witness to the signature of William Albert Sims upon a claim for enrolment for the electoral district of Grey Lynn without having seen such signature written or without having heard the person signing it declare the said signature to be his own and signed in his own proper name. The defendant, who explained that he was a ship’s steward, and had been engaged by a political body to canvass the electorate, stated that he acted in good faith and com - mitted the breach unwittingly. His Worship said it was very necessary that the Act should be complied with, otherwise the rolls would be “stuffed.” A substantial deterrent would have to be imposed, and one which he hoped would be a lesson to other people. A fine of £5 and 30s costs was inflicted.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 433, 5 September 1908, Page 3
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175BREACH OF ELECTORAL ACT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 433, 5 September 1908, Page 3
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