Courtesy Urged.
"It is important that the first words you use should be extremely courfceous, despite the fact that the defendant is seriously in the wrong," said Mr. Rex C. Abernethy, S.M., in the Christchurch Magistrate's Court, addressing a traffic inspector who was giving evidence in a traffic-. case. The inspector had said that an offender, when accosted, had become abusive, and the Magistrate had read a written explanation by the defendant. "If he comes at you then -with rude language, you know what to do. I am not saying you were discourteous, and In this ease the defendant was definitely in the wrong/' added the magistrate. The inspector had touched this particular offender the wrong way. The Chief Traffic Inspector (M. G. Kellar) , who wa$ prosecifting, expressed agreement with the magistrate's comments.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 September 1949, Page 4
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