OBSTRUCTION ON RAIL
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Maori Before Court Found Not Guilty
" (By Telesraph-
.. ■ WANGANUI, Last Night. In th'e Supreme Court to-day Hqri Ravvhite, a young Ratana. Maori, was . fouixd not guilty of placing ap. obstruption on the rail'way line near Ratana. Evidence called by the Cr.own showed that a fish-plate weighing nine pounds, and a dog spike, both deemed capablo ' of derailing a train, had been piaeed ,on the 'rails just prior to the arrival of the New Plymouth-Wellington- express at Ratana >on' November 1. Surfacemen found this.obs.truction and removed it. They accosted' accused who, with ;a small "son aged four, was seen.near the locality. The jury was absent only a fow jminutes and returned with tbe verdiet tas stated. '•
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 30, 19 February 1937, Page 11
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