Rossi v Public Prosecutor [1927] VUNHJC 5; Criminal 482 (21 January 1927)

JOINT COURT OF THE NEW HEBRIDES.

Case No. 482/487

Judgment.

This 21st day of January 1927.

In the matter of a charge against Charles Rossi a French planter of Tagabe in the island of Efate. The above-mentioned Charles Rossi having appealed to this Honourable Court against the judgment delivered on the 7th January 1926 against him, the said Charles Rossi in his absence whereby the said Charles Rossi was fined Fr: 300 and costs for that he did on the 22nd May 1926 at Tagabe aforesaid supply alcoholic liquor to wit gin to certain natives of the New Hebrides contrary to the provisions of Article 59 (paragraph 1) of the Anglo-French Convention of 1914 this Court allows the said appeal and orders that the aforesaid sentence be set aside and the said charge be reheard.

Upon rehearing the aforesaid charge the above-mentioned Charles Rossi stands convicted before this Court for the aforesaid offence.

Thereupon the Joint Court sentences the said Charles Rossi for his offence to pay the sum of Fr: 50 as a fine and costs of the present proceedings and in view of the invalid service of the summons by the Faucher Bailiff of this Court in the matter of the original proceedings on which grounds the appeal by the said Charles Rossi was allowed the Court orders the costs of the original proceedings to be borne by the said Faucher Bailiff.

President of the Joint Court
French Judge
British Judge
Acting Registrar