The Bailiff's Black Eye
••; •• ■ * ~ . . . • The fallowing letter was (read at „ Jfaruhaiu (Jouaity Court on Wednesday from James Mint, motor engineer, of 'bhottermill, Haslemere, who was fined , i'o for giving a black eye to a bailiff , , , ol the Court, and ordered to attend the next Court on a charge of contempt :— 1 did not attend on the 3rd inet., . btiug away on transport duty. 2 ean- ., , not attend in March ae 1 expect to be in 'France with the -Mechanical Trane- . .. port Section. A.**S. 0. Kindly tell ,y,, .. Judge it is one thing to heavily ~.; me and another to niafce me pay. , j 1 neither fear Cfod nor man, nor devil, l*t «lone a County Court Judge, and if ~ «t kny time another bailiff attempts ,-j- . ■ fQ put a" summons intended for a dif- . ..... person in my pocket I promise ...., him tyro black eyes. They are cheap - ft tht price as assessed by hits Honour.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 May 1915, Page 3
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154The Bailiff's Black Eye Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 May 1915, Page 3
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