Australia

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1915, Page 5

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ARMY CONTRACTS. i ' CTIABGES OF Fl\AUl>. i, CASES BEFORE THB COURT. V " o liocoivt'd June 21, 8.43 p.m. Sydney, June 21. ■ f Under tin* Pure Foods Act Kranco'is .I lUtylsoii was fined ;CH> for supplying ad- / ulterated coffee, allegedly containing 04 1. per centum of chicory, for the use, of >s the troop*, and £2 tor giving a ialse il certificate "with the coifee. Boylson, k pleading guilty, said lie simply gave the \ n order to another linn, and the cohee uas packed in bond under (government supervision. iJel'oro the Ui&h Court Arthur Kidman, contractor, .Major 1\ \V. I'age, (vuartermastt r< ieneral of thu Military Jwtree.s of South Wales, Major A. 1 O'Donnell, assistant director of supply t| | and transport, and Serjeant JO. Leslie, the. principal clerk acting under ne!l wen- charged with conspiring he- _ tween themselves and others, hetween October 2!t and May S last, to defraud the I'oiiiiiioiiwealih of laruu sums of { mouey by chaining excessively for for tiie use of the armed forces of Ausin tralia. 0 . 'J'lnt jK.int wits mixed that the Act lr under which tin; charges were 1 uhi only le came into opera lion mi May 7, the prosedition depending cm a retrospective ,s, .^'t. ( e Page pleaded not guilty. Counsel. on r . the other charges, asked thai the iudicty. ments In.' quashed. 1C Tim Chief .liisliM- stated the full s( , Bench o|' tin' lligli Court hail been summoiled I'or August - to deal with tile y S question of the retrospective powers of y S the Aer, and all points raised would be r ]- reserved till afler that sitting. The (,(] trial was adjourned till August 0, ,|] Kidman was also charged. with forgJV ing in the tender the name of (.'. Brown iel supply g'a.ds to the military wilii th<> intention of lining Hie document lo j accepted as genuine, Ajiplical ion to M quash the indictment on the ground fls that the Commonwealth had no power ir f to deal with retrospective cases "was refused, and the case will be heard tomorrow.