THE LICENSING POLL.
INFLUENCINa VOTERS. t .
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
m ,- ... Auckland, June 13. lhe distribution of small cards, alleged to have been printed in imitation of licensing ballot papers showing the bot. torn line struck out, used outside the booths at the licensing elections in April •ast, resulted in a number of people being charged at the Magistrate'! Court this morning, Mr. Hackett appeared for all the defendants. The facts general* were apeed upon between counsel for the defence and the prosecution. It was shown that the defendants had been at several booths around the city, where they had used small cards in giving voters the.r numbers from the electoral roll The practice was to write the number on the back of the card and hand it to the voter. The magistrate said there was no doubt about the law under thTILT Mure Act, and that an offence had bwm committed. Those who had comtfid « «T h "? der thiß Art would bTtoed £3 each and rosts. With regard to the aZ ££,s• ****» S News! papers Registration Act, decision would be reserved, in order that l«ral arm merit may be heard. VU *"
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1919, Page 4
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191THE LICENSING POLL. Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1919, Page 4
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