MOTORISH CHARGED.
WARNING OF A POLICE TRAP. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 15. Allegations by the police that a man named Valentine had been warning motorists that they were running into a police trap resulted in Valentine being charged "at the Magistrate's Court to-day with attempting to obstruct a constable in the execution of his duty. Mr Putnam, who appeared for Valentine, said that the Court was being asked to say that if a man was about to commit a crime, an attempt to stop him was an offence against the police. The Magistrate, Mr E. C. Page, S.M., replied that that was not the case. The police- were setting up that the car was in fact committing a breach of the by-laws, and while officers were endeavouring to obtain material to prosecute for that breach Valentine endeavoured to 6top the car. He refused to dismiss the oase as trivial, but said that if Mr Putnam wished to look into legal authorities he would give him time. The case was adjourned till Tuesday.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 80, 14 January 1928, Page 4
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