MAGISTERIAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1772, 21 February 1888, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL

ASHBUhTOiN— TOESDAY.

[Before Mm -r Steward and T. Bdllook E 6 q J.P'b] TBAVBLLI^a WITHOUT A TICKET. Albert tiewitt was o:i;»»g«d oa the infoimatlon of the police with a breach of the Railway By-laws by travelling oa tht railway without a ticket. Ho pleaded '* not fitnilty." Hergenot Felton, who proßscated, stated the facts of the case, <tnd put m a copy of the by laws, and called F, Hobbs, who dep Bed that he was guard of the train from GLciatchurob to Ashbarton on Friday last. There were four persons m the second class carriage, of whom accused was one. They all got mat Ohrlstchurch, Onoolleotlng the tickets at Rakaia he found that three of them only had tickets. Accused had no ttoket. The bylaws produced were those m force and oopiea of which were posted up for the Information of passengers. — Fleming, booking-clerk at Christohurob, deposed that he only issued three secondclass tloketa for the train m question. Did not Sao prisoner at the booking office on that day— Accused Baid that be had borrowed the money for his f,*re before he started and bought a ticket for his do« jind also one for hi'-BBelf. He supposed tie incut have lost the latter as he vrat. not quite sober* Tha Bench considered the charge proved and told '.he ptisoaur that it was his own fault that he had got into trouble. Even if his story that he had borrowed the money for his fare were t<ue it was jast as likely as uot that he had either lost or spent it. It was quite 1 dear from the evidence of the booking clerk that he had not parohiaed a ticket Fioed 40s and ordered to pay the amount of fare, sj, and 7a costs of Court or m default four day a hard labor.