ILLEGAL FISHING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 569, 28 June 1933, Page 4

ILLEGAL FISHING

MAORI_Ch43ED| jPLEA GFr I FmEWooihsToH BHLjEVED j SECOND chI^ i * i- i. t* ~ 1 Dismis^ihg a cllafge 0f nL I a ranger as triviaL MP Aci son., S.M., yesterday fi//' ?al SeSC°St8f0rfeM^*i lng without a licdflse. nd-l - Sl Kean> Conservator 0f 1 and Game, said thaf L • i 9&Istppherg f0 '1^1 w^rdpke' ;8aw Te &T0tri 1 and trfolliftk'Ydr ,At. a| asked Te Kohi if Ke Ud mJ/I and told him Aho he waV^?! rowed away. As the boat turnedi Ihe ranger saw the ^on. S| Kbhx came back with a load n?l vfood and told th"e ranger h 1 1 T A Tpat !h\Ranger Saw I J. A. Christophers gaVe evi J that hewentto - Ohere and J! Kohi under the bank and calll him and told him to come andl his license, but he rowed awa™ spite the fact that withess calledfl t'o come Back three times te| did riot see Te Kohi catch an! any m the boat. 0n his! some four hours later Te Ko! firewood in the boat, but noi0! said that he had a' license! house and on witnefe going S house none was forthcoming M °ld Maori ahused him and'o! him off the place. He gave ! "Maori welcome" when he 1 along with the police and told! keep to the road. ■ To Mr. W. A. Carter witne! that he understood a certain :M of Maori. He was sure Te n! the Maori in the boat. ■ Witness did not see an axe jfl boat. Te Kohi understood w! remarks.- There were not Wfl on the lake, at any rate he djfl see them. fl After Firewood fl Mr. Carter, for the defencj! that he had f ound out that Tefl went for firewood at 3.B0 andfifl none he went along to another]! A relative of Te Kohi saw tlifl and the ranger's truck and kn! boat was going for firavoo! contended that Te Kohi had in! resisted or obstructed the ran^| Not Fishing ]! The accused, Hape te Kohi! his evidence through an inter! and it was discovered that hf! deaf and that his realnamew^B tihana Honeri and that Hape]! nickname, and a term of derhi^! to his lameness. He denied]^B without a license and saidthatj! left his home to get fh'ewoo^H dinner on the day in question, |! no watch. He had an axeinhi^fl but no fishing line., rod or had a sack, but there was noth^H der the sack. He returned, l^M no fishing. He did not knokj^J tophers and he heard no one^H him that day, though someor^H have done so for many cars He got some firewood at T^H and returned home to the^H about dark at 5 p.m. The ran^H him there and asked for his:^H but witness told him that need a license to get firewoo^M nie.ce and an old man wer^H when the ranger arrived anl man and the ranger had old man finally teliing the leave the place. Witness L^! prevent the ranger searching^! He produced several licenses:^! by the old man. To Mr. Kean witness said.^H was deaf, and denied thatt^^B the ranger call to him at Tiawa Hunuhunu, niece witness said the ranger andl^H arrived at the house at at^^B and her uncle was asked cense, but the old man told^^B to get it as he had been Then the ranger and the words. Honeri Waia, a said that Hape left afta get firewood and returned^^B Witness gave Hape an and he had neither lines^^B tho boat. Witness was the ranger when he came when Hape returned. To Mr. Kean: Hekneff'^B had no rod in the boat as off. The bench said that tnere^^K a man fishing and the evi ed that it was the de®^» suggested that Mr. the charge of obstructiofli-~^^B: trivial. Mr. Kean said that needed protectionand tiie^*, not realise their powers. The bench dismissed , tion charge as trivia f endant £2 and SX charge of fishh£*^^B|