Police Case.
Thomas hinton, Richard Bronnan, and Charles Peters, of Te Aroha, were charged on the information of Serjeant Emerson with wilfully committing damage to a bath house, thb property of the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain Board, such damage being valued at five shillings. William McKee, son of the caretaker i of the baths, deposed that he was at the baths on Saturday night, tiie 14th inst. Locked the door of the farthest house. | Noticed no boards loose. Returned next I morning at half-past seven and found , three men Inside. The door wate then locked Observed no boards loose; I Don't know how they got in. The three ; defendants are the men who were in the | bath-house. : The evidence not being considered I sufficient to support the chaYge; the case was dismissed. In his remarks, the Magistrate explained the powers vested in the Domain Board; These powers givo the Board the right to erect at the springs such buildirigs as 1 may be required, and to I make such charges for admission' to the j same as may be considered necessary for [ the proper maintenance of the baths and i grrunds. The Board is also empowered j to lease any portion of the Domain, provided such lease is approved of by the Governor-in-Oouncil.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 56, 28 June 1884, Page 2
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214Police Case. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 56, 28 June 1884, Page 2
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