All sorts of reasons actuate defendants in law courts to plead not guilty to the offences with which they are charged, but seldom do they explain their motives so frankly as did one man who was the defendant in a by-law case in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington. Asked by Mr. T. E. Maunsell, S.M., why he was pleading not guilty, the defendant replied that he thought if he put up some sort of an argument he would get off with a lighter fine. Laughingly Mr. Maunsell said : “ You take my advice and you will find the cheapest course is to plead guilty.” The defendant accepted the suggestion. and the magistrate remarked : “ Well, in that case I will not impose the maximum penalty.”
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 315, 21 November 1929, Page 3
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