THE RIOT ACT.
■CSIEF JtBTICI? ON STRIKE TROUBLE. Giving evidenced in the Supremo Court yesterday, a police coMstablo stated that the' riot ontsido i tlio Royal Tig-ff Hotel in Tsranaki Street on the night of November 4 continued from 3 o'clock to about 11 o'clock to his knowledge. Tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) in'ftediateiy asked: -''Were tho suilorities aware of this riot Roinp gh so Ions? I don't understand.," ho continued, "ham it was allowed to jzo ou so lons, and tlio Riot Act not read. If that had taken place in England, and Una Magistrate didn't read tlio Riot Act, tho magistrate would' Iravo lctfl indicted."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1978, 7 February 1914, Page 6
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108THE RIOT ACT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1978, 7 February 1914, Page 6
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