EVASION OF CUSTOMS.
DEFENDANT FINED £100. [BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION* ] AUCKLAND, This Day. A fine of £100 and costs was inflicted jn the Magistrate's Court upon Percy Arthur Hadley, an Auckland machinery merchant, now bankrupt, on a charge of presenting a false invoice to the Customs in November, 1901. The Crown Solicitor's representative stated that an invoice for machinery imported was presented by Hadley, alleging its value to be £651. Since he became bankrupt the Official Assignee had ascertained from documents that the goods were actually valued at' £835. An elaborate system of evasion of Customs duties had been, it was alleged, carried out by the accused. "Hadley's solicitor stated that his client was laid up when the invoices were presented, but he did not blame the clerks.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1904, Page 6
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128EVASION OF CUSTOMS. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1904, Page 6
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