HUTT S.M. COURT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2142, 7 May 1914, Page 9

HUTT S.M. COURT

TROUBLE IX tUILWAY CAR

■ 31 r. D. G. A.i, GpopeiyS.M., pi-esided .at the monthly sitting of f.he . lower Hutt Court yesterday, Mr. J. Cndfey, J.l'., being also on thejbeiicft. Wm. and Alljftrt-Summers, two yeunsx men, pleaded not guilty iv a charge ef j behaving in a. viole.ist manner Jh a railway carriage." Mr. F. H. Aysen appear-■ c<3lon behalf of tljxS aeeasod. Evidence was giveii to the effect that there had been some trouble) in a oar-; riage on the 11.30 p.m. train from Wellington on March 31. According to tSift solicitor who .appeared , for the defence, the accused liatrbeen soe-ted'in the ear when another niftU entered »Btl -cansftd trouble. A figlit frnstici, but neither of his clients-had Iwen the ag.erossm-. Tlie Magistratb .infimateel that lie would give the accvised the benefit cf tho doubt mi dismissed t|ie information. Beer DasK Stamps, Hector Ross pleaded not guilty to a charge of withdrawing Iwv Irom casks on May 17 without cancelling tlw duty i stamps. Mr. E, XL Slatlden appeared for the defendant, and Mr. M'lmresi for the Customs Department. ' Defendant admitted opening tho casks, but eentcwW that hft- had not done so. on tho. Ante of the charge. On this ground the roaijiatratc- dismissed the--charse. with 21s. costs in favour c? defendant..