DOCTOR EVADES CUSTOMS
! AND INCITES HEAVY PENALTY. , Christchurch, .May ]>;. j Jame- Whitton, a medical piac;i:io:>j er, was Sued £75 for attempting to i evade duty or: furniture and wearing apparel brought back from a visit to ' England. : • Tie Crown Solicitor said Dr. Whitton : i brought buck furniture and effects to Ithe value of £6OO 01 £7OO. Befoie leaving England he obtained from the ; High Commissioner's office a statement I of the elasa of goods admitted free of * ' duty. Ho then made a declaration that . j the good.- had been in use up to twelve ' months, and did not exceed £3OO in val- , f I ue. The duty really payable v&s £i<;o * J / to £l7O h.u6 a heavy penalty was asked I " tor. 1 2 Mr Gressea, counsel for Dr. WMttou, j pleaded guilty, but claimed that Or. ', £ Wanton thetag&t the goods were dutv * free. " M The Magistrate said defendant was * not an ignorant man and could have " I understood the implicit instruction re- ' ceived is London. He would make no " , for the forfeiture of the fur- . C
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Otaki Mail, 18 May 1923, Page 4
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