A Waimate Sensation.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6485, 2 February 1905, Page 3

A Waimate Sensation.

JUSITCKS REVERSE PREVIOUS DECISION.

Per Press Association— By F.leotrio Telegraph—Copyright.

Waimate, Feb. 1 Thecaae against Tilly King, a young Sfc BsynW appeared for Constable Christie, the informant and, prosecutor at •KSSSStBta.*. Mitohell, and Jheir description accused was the woman; that she wa? in the fire brigade etetion after 11 r>m on December 23th, with a man «ftmed* Kirby, under suspicious circumSSI aSUhat on leaving the building *l^£ted that he had been out for a bicycle ride with accused, and returned ■Shortly after 10 p.m.; that her dress got eatSed in the wheel of the bicycle, and SS lent to the brigade station, where Sl^t a torch to get the tangled skirt See & the machine. Nothing unusual oc curred,aad he believed the young woman tOFour eSmSe hotelkeepers gave defendant a favourable character, and the cviSee of Constable Wade, who was present At the arrest, was in accused a favour. A The Bench dismissed the case, but remarked that accused iiad .o«tetePP«d^? bounds of decency and decorum, and had been extremely indiscreet. The case lasted all day, and the Cour. was crowded, mostly with young men.