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PROSECUTION PROBLEM CHINESE AND OPIUM (Special to THE SUN.) WANGANUI, Friday. A new catch in the law was revealed at the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, when Yep Poy was charged with possessing opium in a form fit for smoking. Detective Walsh said this class of offence was formerly dealt with under section 5 of the Opium Act, 1908. The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1927 came into force on January 1 of this year, and repealed the Opium Acts of 1908 and 1910. The new Act made it compulsory for the information to be laid by the medical officer of health. Waganui had no medical officer of health and the nearest was at Wellington, so an urgent telegram was sent to him to lay the information. Another difficulty was that they could not hold the Chinese more than 48 hours, and that meant that an adjournment would have to be granted until Sunday and he did not know what the position was in regard to the court sitting on Sunday. It was decided to remand Yep Poy until noon to-day, and if the information did not come to hand he would then have to be dismissed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 270, 4 February 1928, Page 9
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198RED TAPE METHODS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 270, 4 February 1928, Page 9
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