A TRIVIAL OFFENCE.
MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT. (PRESS ASBOCIATION TELBGUAM ; AUCKLAND, November 2S. "This is a stupid case," said Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., when evidenc > had boen heard against two young men charged with smoking in a non-smoking railway carriage. One was also charged with using insulting language to railway officials. An inspector said that' one defendant refused to give his full name, and would produce no papers, but said, '' No wonder the railways don't pay when there aro like vou snooping about." Counsel for the defence said that the charge was ridiculous. The inspector said that he wanted to make sure wliere the nieli worked, So he followed them up the road. The Magistrate: You had no right to do th: You are not a policeman. You were asking for trouble. Without calling on the defence, the Magistrate ordered defendants to pay costs for smoking, and dismissed the other charge ag trivial. ''The railway officials should liavo been more discreet. It is not a very nice thing for respectable people to have to turn out their pockets for officials. I know I would not have done it," said Mr TTntit.,
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 29 November 1930, Page 7
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190A TRIVIAL OFFENCE. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 29 November 1930, Page 7
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