A TRACTION ENGINE CASE.
i (By Telegraph,—Press Association). i Ciibisicduhcii, Saturday... At the Polico Court to-day, Johu , Evans was charged with driving a trac- ; tion engine along the road, without hav< • ing men travelling in front and at thorear of the engine, to prevent accidents. Tlio defence was that when \ horse 1 approached 'defendant always stopppd ' the enrine, while lijs assistant—if nci'es- ; nary—led the horse pasf. , . \ A quantity of ovidpneo was given io i show; that {his practice obviated the , necessity of having men iu front and at the rear of au engine. ' The Magistrate said the act'not being I complied with, he was bound to convict, ! ibut at the request of tlio defendant's ! counsel, mode the line £5 to enable liini to appcalto the Supreme Court.' ■
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4749, 16 June 1894, Page 3
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127A TRACTION ENGINE CASE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4749, 16 June 1894, Page 3
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