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Public Prosecutor v Jeannie [1928] VUNHJC 16; Criminal 546 (14 September 1928)

THE JOINT COURT OF THE NEW HEBRIDES

No. 546

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

V

JEANNIE,
wife of the Chinaman ABOK, British subject

JUDGMENT

This fourteenth day of Septenber 1928.

In the matter of a charge against JEANNIE, wife of ABOK a Chinese, British subject.

The above named JEANNIE stands convicted before the Joint Court for that she did on August 26th, 1928, at Vila, supply one bottle beer to LUCY of Ambrym a native of the New Hebrides, contrary to Art.59 parag.1 of the Anglo-French Convention of 1914.

Thereupon the Joint Court sentences the said JEANNIE for her said offence to pay a fine of Francs: 50 and the costs of the prosecution.

President of the Joint Court
British Judge
French Judge
Acting Registrar