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Illicit Gold Buyers
From Our Own Correspondent.
Edie Ck., Sept. 2.
ON remand from the District Court, R.
Hall-Best, miner, J. H. Nicholls, store manager, and U. Cavalieri, mill hand, appeared before Judge Phillips in Circuit Court on charges under the Gold Buyers Ordinance. Best pleaded guilty, Mr. V. Florance appearing on his behalf, and was sentenced to three years’ im prisonment. Nicholls, who also pleaded guilty, received three years on the first charge and 18 months on the second to be served concurrent. Mr. Basil H. Hill
appeared for Cavalieri, who was sen fenced to two years.
Later in August a Chinese employed as a cook at N.G.G. mess was arrested for alleged gold buying from a native and appeared before the District Court.
Mr, D. M. Cook (Messrs. Ollenshaw and Macgregor) defended. The accused was remanded to the Criminal Court,