A CONSTABLE'S DOINGS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1790, 15 September 1888, Page 1

A CONSTABLE'S DOINGS.

The Manawatu Times in a report of a case heard at the Otaki Police Court on the 25 th ult. stated that Benjamin Pepper, a saddler, of Otaki, was arrested upon the information of Constable Oarr for the larceny of a horse, saddle, and bridle, and swag belonging to a man named Koss, who had been drowned. Subsequently, according to the journalistic version of the affair, the constable discovered that he had no charge against] Pepper, and accordingly made to him, offering to give him his freedom and drop the charge of larceny if he would plead guilty to drunkenness. However, this advice was not taken, and the proceedings came into court, where Messrs M. Carkeek and A. Small, J.P.'s, allowed the case to be withdrawn.! Inspector Thomson, on learning of the oase, called upon the constable to furnish a report on the case. The Evening Post states that this report has been received, but will not at present be made public, it having been the subject of a departmental' inquiry. It is understood, however, that the'constable's statement is altogether at variance with the facts which are alleged to have come out in the Otaki Court during the hearing of the case.