CREDIT BALANCE
OF 12 HOTJRI3 ON G-\O'L LEDGER. ' 'O^ytennese"chauffeur finds himself in )tlr|. of having a credit.balance' senter.ce. ' He was artraffic regulaj 'tiolis, ahd ’ fcr the' offence «vrsg ■ suF jeet to a finto detention for six* hours. He pFiffcrred imprisonment. At the end six hbtirs he drew the. attention of a warder to the fact that lie- had served Ills sentence, but ie was told that he had twelve hours more in 'the- cell before he could be set free.
When he was eventually liberated he lodged *;>, protest with the police authorities, and' received an answer to the effect- that by an accident lie had served twelve hours over the preTilled tinl-e, and that should he again come before the courts and b? found guilty, the twelve- houns standing to his- credit would be deducted from the new sentence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1932, Page 3
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139CREDIT BALANCE Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1932, Page 3
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