THE SUGAR CASE
DIRECTOR OF COMPANY FINED OTHER CASES ADJOURNED. (Received' Last Night, 11 o clock.) SYDXEY, August. 1. A verdict has been/ delivered im. the Sugar Co.]nj) ; ! my case, in which SuaNorman Mhclaurin, Dlkcctor of tJie iCbmpany, was charged with facing t'o t:it-tend the sitting of the Royal CommiysioiUi en the suga'r andrustiy, whew iuhpoeivaed. The Magistrate h ! eM I that t!!ie Cominission.' not having been j found unlawful, aud the deftudmiib haavlng failed, wiilthout reasonable excuse, to attend, was gui'lty of an ofj;eneei under the Rt.yi.il Commissions A fine, of £25 was imposed, I,■;th £,?2(J costs, in' default three l.nd Mis' imprisonment, with hard la'bpmr. (Twenty-one- day© were allowed In which to pay the fine.
In view of a possible appeal, the cases agjiiimt tlfe other Directors were tidjounned for a week.
The arguments in the case lasted: !o'r thiirty-uiglut days.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 2 August 1912, Page 5
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143THE SUGAR CASE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 2 August 1912, Page 5
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