Wrongly Acceded.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4451, 19 August 1909, Page 2

Wrongly Acceded.

CHRIBTORTTKCH. Augnst 18. At thß Magistrate’s Court to-day John William Smith, was brought up' on remand and charged as a rogue and vagabond with having disguised himself as a policeman, and robbed a Chinaman of £2# A Chinaman at the racecourse recognised Smith as the man who visited the house as a policeman in search of opium, and took his money, giving him a receipt for eame, and telling the Chinaman to collect it at the Police < Court in the morning the clearest evidence was given that Smith was not the man who visited the Chinaman’s house. Smith was dismissed, the magistrate expressing regret at the inconvenience caused to an innocent man, but adding that it waß an experience that any man might have. In the present circumstances it could not be helped. He was pleased, however, that Smith was able to give a perfectly satisfactory account of himself, and to leave the Court without a stain on his character.