A Protest.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4089, 14 April 1892, Page 2

A Protest.

[TO THE EDITOR,] Sir,—Will you allow'me a few Hues of your space in answer to a I*s : appearing m your columns of Tuesday. ; Under the beading of A Re* cogbitioi) of Poblio Sbrvics," theKev, Mr Dukes, after, first; expressing his sorrow that no conviction was reoor™ ded in the recent gambling case, goea •••;.' on to state that—" Sergeant M'Ardla ■ and bis subordinates ; are ep'jtled to the thanks of mry mpectabk person in the community for- ' exposiug l one litof the perils ofour town." Personally, I tail to see where • the '! exposure" mentioned by Mr Dukes comns in, eitherfrora a judicial or common-sense point of view. Does he mean'to assert that there was anything unfair in connection with the ruffle, which the ■ terra "exposing" would seem to inter? A gain, w here could one have a more deoisive confirmation of tbe bad tisto and bigotry of opinion of a clergyman and professed leader of others in the paths of Christian virtue and charity, than in the faot; of his classing all people holding a contrary opinion to himself as outside the pale of respeotaliility, I have been in various rales organised and taken part in by " clergymen and members of every I" church persuasion in the Colonyjfee ' , last beiug in Marlborough,' andtfe'a_ prize being—unluckily 'for the Undefsigned—won- by the Sergeant of Police. I merely Btate this as a fact, not to excuse myself na organiser of a raffle', but merely 10 confute the statement of Mr Dukes as to one's/ 1 Hallmark "of respectability depending on taking part' in a raffle, In conclusion, let me remark, that the verdict complained of goes to show that no -particular clique, whether poltoe or clergyman rule the 1 course of justice .while! an impartial 1 Bench and an able counsel caii be obtained in the cause of the individual, lam, etc,, '■ ; 3 ~'. Frederick Fi, Godfrey. Masterton, 12th April,' . !