SUPREME COURT.
FOOLISH PRANK, Two youths, named fespectively AY-il-liam Norman Howell and Ernest Geo. Brazier, had pleaded guilty to a charge of obstructing the railway lino at Paraparaumu by placing a gate across the line.
Their counsel, Mr P. AM. Jackson, intimated that arrangements had been made whereby either of the youths, or both, could be found suitable employment in the country.
His Honor remarked that the offence was a. serious one, as it had endangered the lives of people travelling on the railway. Probation could not be granted, and he would convict and order the prisoners to come up for sentence when called on, on condition that- they took separate employment, in the country and paid £3 3s each towards the cost of the prosecution,
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 7 May 1919, Page 3
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126SUPREME COURT. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 7 May 1919, Page 3
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