VALUABLE SUMMONS
SERVED WjTH A FIVE-POUND NOTE. FEILDING, Oct. 22. . To receive a £5 note wrapped up in a summons was the experience of F. W. Allerby, a farmer, of Colvton, according to what was told in the Magistrate’s Court to-day when C. Ruddell bailiff, sued Allerby for the return of £5 10s. Ruddell stated in evidence that he had a summons in his po'ket with the menev. He served Allerby in public and did not open the* Summons out of consideration for defendant. Later lie misled the money and approached Allerby, who denied that be had found the money in the summons.
Defendant gave evidence that he had not opened the summons for several days and did not find any money in it.
The 'Magistrate believed the bailiff’s story and gave judgment for the amount claimed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1929, Page 5
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137VALUABLE SUMMONS Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1929, Page 5
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