MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
AN UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE. CHRISTCHURCH, August 18. In the Magistrate's Court today John William Smith was brought up on remand -charged as a rogue and vagabond, tind with having disguised hunsmif as a policeman ajid robl>ed a Chinaman of £20. A Uhmaman at the ißcecourse recognised Smith a*, the man who visited his house as a policeman in search of opium, and look tiie money, giving a receipt for the same and tell ins; the Chinaman to collect it at the Police Office in the morning. The ' clearest evidence was given /that Smith was not the man who visited the Chinaman's house. The charges were dismissed, the magistrate expressing regret at the inconvenience caui-ed to »n innocent man, but adding that it was«a-n experience any man might have had Ln the present cucumstanoes, and it could not be helped. Ke was pleased, however, that Smith %ras able to give a perfectly satisfactory account of himself, and so leave the court without a stain on his character.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 25 August 1909, Page 13
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167MISTAKEN IDENTITY. Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 25 August 1909, Page 13
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