CHARGE AGAINST CONSTABLE
—*-, MAGISTRATE DISMISSES .CASK. -By Telegraph—Prosß' Association. Auckland, July i. Tne hearing of Ihu case in which a police constable was charged with using indecent' language, iwas concluded today. This was a private prosecution, and the language was alleged to have been used while the constable was > effecting an arrest amid a hostile crowd. \ The Magistrate'dismissed the case without hearing the defence. He considered the suggestion by the prosecution that the case was brought in the interests pf justice was not correct, and he was absolutely certain that the complainant had no such intention. Complainant had proved himself to he absolutely dishonest by making an attempt to influence a witness In Ihe box. r No jury 'would hesitate'a moment iii''acquitting the constable. • "'.-■■" "•"''•' : " " ;
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 241, 5 July 1919, Page 6
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124CHARGE AGAINST CONSTABLE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 241, 5 July 1919, Page 6
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