DUNEDIN.
July 19. The case of Mercer and wife v. the Queen, a claim for £2000 damages for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the Telegraph Department in leaving a wire across a road, is being tried before a special jury in the Supreme Court to-day.
The Resident Magistrate has decided that the Governor has no power to inflict a penalty for a breach of the tramway regulations, and dismissed the information against Proud foot.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3138, 19 July 1881, Page 3
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76DUNEDIN. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3138, 19 July 1881, Page 3
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