Judge Criticises Crown Officers
LACK OF EVIDENCE ALLEGED BREACH OF TRANSFER ACT Press Association. “Responsible officers of the Crown should not take proceedings without sufficient reason and competent advice,” said Judge Adams in telling the jury to-day that there was no evidence that John Blair, a farmer, had committed a breach of the Chattels Transfer Act. Blair was found not guilty and discharged. The charge was that on January 24, 1927, at Dromore, near Ashburton, he sold without the consent of the Advances Department, 36 lambs, a roller and a set of harrows valued at £56. The Lands Department official when cross-examined said he had never known a returned soldier to read a bill of sale.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 348, 8 May 1928, Page 1
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116Judge Criticises Crown Officers Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 348, 8 May 1928, Page 1
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