SUPREME COURT.
AUCKLAND SESSIONS. Bjr Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Wednesday. I» the Supreme Court, Jan. Scott Lennox, a sliarebrokcr, pleaded guilt* to a charge of rash and hazardous speculation, whibh brought about his bankruptcy. Counsel for accused urged that the over-selling of shares by Lennox was in accordance with the practice obtaining all over the world. Mr. Jusiiaa Chapman said it was a form of gambling in which a man was legally, at liberty to judge whether he should take certain risks. One of the. risiS was that he would find himself - in court in a case of bankruptcy. A sentence ol two months' imprisonment was imposed*
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 207, 29 February 1912, Page 8
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106SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 207, 29 February 1912, Page 8
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