THE IDEAL HOLIDAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 5 September 1913, Page 5

THE IDEAL HOLIDAY.

PIGS ANO POHOKURA.

AND TOO MUCH WHISKY

Chark\s Hole applied at tlic Court Uius morning lo autumn- a cnarge oil naving been ui-uuk ac X'oiioisura on I XHi i UCliig UG LxiO Uulti id ijus&odbioii oi .i mxaiji. lie pleaded! guilty. : oeigeaut McNeeiy stated that Holt I i\'as recently granceu a tortnignt s Holiday ami uccided to spend it in pig-nunting at Jfohokura. He bought a Winchester rifle una a suinciency 01 cartridges and proceeded to l'onokura, out no also acquired a load oi whisky, land instead oi shooting' pigs iio shot I only a liorso. it was impossible to I prove that he had any ill intent, so •dolt could not bo charged with snooting the animal. Eighteen cartridges we found on the road, at the point where Holt had stood on the main road and discharged his fusilade. The snooting occurred between ten and eleven o'clock at night. Holt told the Magistrate that lie had no recollection at all of the occurrence. Mr Kenrick: Next time you have a holiday X advise you to have it without whisky. Holt: I intend to do so. The Magistrate said he would let Holt oil' with a light line, though a maximum line of £lO, alternatively to three months' imprisonment, was provided for the offence. Holt would probably be sued for the value of He horse. This fact, and also that Holt's general character was good influenced him in making the penalty light. A line of £3 was imposed. The payment of £1 Is (id, expenses of a witness, was also ordered. Holt: Can I have time to pay? Sergeant McNeely; He managed to pay £4 5s for the rifle. The S.M. (to Holt): You had better realise on that.

Holt was ordered to ipay tho fine by October Ist.