AN UNUSUAL DEFENCE.
. An unusual defence was raised at the Palmerston Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, when Valentine Conlin was charged with failing to comply with the directions on the railway notice board at a level crossing: /(Stop, look the engine.” The police stated that the charge was laid on account of an accident on sth- January, on the first crossing north of Longburn, when the Napier mail train ran into two horses attached to a lorry, the animals being killed. Counsel for defendant submitted that defendant had not “crossed” the line, and that the regulation specified that “before crossing the lines of rail” every person shall comply with the directions upon the notice board: “Stop look out for the engine.” The Magistrate said it. seemed like splitting hairs... No doubt the regulation meant to infer that no person should attempt to cross without complying with the directions, but since tie omission was there the charge could not be upheld. The information would be dismissed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2405, 16 March 1922, Page 3
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164AN UNUSUAL DEFENCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2405, 16 March 1922, Page 3
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