A PECULIAR CASE.
;(By TeleEriiph.—Special'Correspondent.). ':':..''■. ,'; Auckland, •"September. 11.'.':. A'man named Henry/M'Dowell: went into the public bar of the. Victory Hotel oil Friday afternoon, and called for two'. r drinks,:: tendering 2s; inpayment. The' right '■change would .have been Is., 4d.i but' the barmaid .gavo, him : 4d., saying that'' he had had three drinks the day previous, which;he had not paid, for. He was 'very angry, and he.annexed two bottles of cordial, saying that he would hold . them until ho. got his money. Presently\the licensee came alrtn" and ; secured the but M'D'owell was still very-indignant, and ho.-threatened to v. report .Mr. .Uernam to tho Licensing, Committee and .the Inspector of Police. ; He was arrested and charged with theft, and with.having used threatening language. , : : After hearing tho evidence, tho Mag-, istrate refused to find that the appropriation;: of.- the ■ bottles ..of.■...cordial amounted to theft,.but belaid that M'Dowell's conduct was not proper, and that he had not followed, the .right course to rocovor his lost money. Both charges wero dismissed. ■'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 3
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167A PECULIAR CASE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 3
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