THE CIGARETTE CASES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 305, 24 December 1891, Page 3

THE CIGARETTE CASES.

Sir, —Permit me to say a few words re above. Personally, lam nob acquainted with either of the defendants, but having resided in this city for the last ten years, I do not think that ever such trivial cases have been so hardly dealt with. One of the parties, I hear, has a large and a young family of children, and it is quite evident that they have a hard struggle to make both ends meet, and can ill afford to pay the fines imposed. Further than that, as many other shops are wide open all day on Sunday, these parties naturally concluded that they had a3 much right to open on Sunday as those in other parts of the city, and I confess that I fail to see why they should not do so. Either the police of Eden Terrace are complimented for their efforts to uphold the law and the city police are remiss in their duty, or the foimer ara afraid of being removed if they do not have a case occasionally. If, sir, more attention were paid to the Sunday trading in the hotels, and less persecution to unoffending persons, it would reflect more credit to the police of this district.—l am, etc., Memo. " Justice" sends a letter to similar eifect. [We entirely dissent from our correspondents' opinions. There is no excuse for Sunday trading ; it is punishable under the Police Offencef Act, and the police are bound to see that the law is enforced.— Ed. E.S.] -