PUBLICAN AND POLICE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4119, 23 May 1892, Page 3

PUBLICAN AND POLICE.

A Finality Armed At,

The Hatchet Buried.

In the Mastertqn R.M. Court tjiis (Monday) morning, before Colonel Roberts, R.M ~and Mr JohnGardlner, J.P., the cases of alleged perjury, Seari v. Casbion and Police v, Searl, were called op, Mr Pownall, who appeared for Mr Bearl, eaid he had arranged with counsel on the other aide to otter no evidence in either of the 04363. On behalf of Mr Searl lie would like to say that if the police were willing to bury the hatchet he would do hia beat to please them. A bad feeling hod existed between the parties, a little perhaps on both Bides, but he hoped this would drop. It only tended to take up'the time of the Court, without any good Result, ' ' }Jr 'Beard Wit %t, on behalf of the police, there was'no haiphet to bury, They had fflerely «heir duty !i) inspecting tfae various hotols, The police bad a publio duty Iq perform, and tjiey had not the slightest desire to obtrude on the premises of any person for the sake of getting up a case. The hotels wonld in future bo visited as they had . been in the past, 'o eeo that they were well kept, and Mr Searl would be treated the same an other publicans. So far as the police were concerned Mr Searl tfould have nothing to fear. Thel manner in which the hotels were conducted when fkgt. MoAullp was in Masterton before yvouldbe aisufficient guarantee that he would not himself) obtrude into private matters, Colonel Roberts : Tbeca6eis are disiuiseed. ,