DEFYING TRAM CONDUCTOR.
REFUSAL TO LEAVE CAR. A case of public interest was heard at Auckland when Gordon Brett was charged with failing to leave the platform of a car when requested to do so by the conductor. The conductor stated that opposite Shortland. street his car was full of passengers, and he requested 15 people who were on . the rear platform to get off- All complied except the defendant. The defence was that the conductor ordered the accused oil' without sufficient reason, as there was room for five people to stand Inside the rear compartment. The Magistrate, Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M., said lie was not going to decide whether the conductor was right or wrong. The bylaw made it an offence to disobey hi?n. The tramway system, would be in a state of eliaos if the men in charge- had not full power to control the traffic. If a member of the public were wrongfully put off a car he could bring a civil action against tho City Council. The accused would be fined £'l.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1920, Page 6
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177DEFYING TRAM CONDUCTOR. Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1920, Page 6
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