SUPREME COURT.
(cress association.)
Auckusd, June 22,
At the Supreme Court to-day Mr Justice Oonolly refused to grant anew trial in the cas« of the Commissioner jof Customs v. Sharland and Company, in which judgment was recently giveu
ir tbe plaintifl lor £1960. The de> sudantsintond to appeal. The Tupiri Extended Coal Company
brought an action against the Queen re the duty on £BOBO worth of iron segments of piping, imported in order to form a portion of an air-shaft in the mine, contending that it should be exempt from duty as (being machinery for mining purposes, Mr | Justico Conolly gave a judgment against the plaintiffs, holding that the segments were not mining machinery, and were, therefore, liable to the 20 per cent. duly. Napier, Juno 22, Tbe Supreme Court was occupied all to-day with tbe oharge against Emily Pyke (a married woman) of stealing two rings, the property of William Wright, The prosecutor is a butcher working at Tomoana, but living at Hastings, and it was alleged that in his absence the prisoner entered his dwelling and stole the two rings. The jury returned a ver« diot of Not Guilty.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4146, 23 June 1892, Page 3
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191SUPREME COURT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4146, 23 June 1892, Page 3
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