KEEPING LIONS.
AGAINST BOROUGH BY-LAW. ONEHUNGA ZOO CASE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. John James Boyd was charged at the Onehunga Police* Court this morning before Mr. McKean. S.M., with a breach of the borough by-law by keeping within the borough certain lions, tigers, leopards and hyenas, contrary to the bylaws. Mr, Reed, Jnr. (for defendant), asked to have the case adjourned pending the hearing of an appeal against a recent Supreme Court judgment, which upheld the validity of the by-law. His Worship refused to grant an adjournment, but declined to inflict a penalty for each day on which the animals had been kept in the borough contrary to the by-l&w. Defendant was convicted and fined £2O and £5 12s costs.
Notice of appeal wa« given, and th? costs of the appeal were fixed at £2l.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1921, Page 5
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137KEEPING LIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1921, Page 5
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