POLICE COURT.
1 •. •■• " ; .■»..-. -i. ...»< ' (Continued. from page 5.) ~'\V 3 THE TRAM TICKET CASE. Charles Henry Speakman, a conductor, said he was in charge of a. car on. Juna 16. Accused--was- a- passenger, afld fetirdered witness-a return Onehunga' ticket. Witness then, for certain reasons,, .asked accused if he had found- any- -Onehunga returns, and accused - replied hr ' ; the affirmative. He -then took from his pocket 18 tickets, which he. offered to,witness >; for 5/. No money passed between them, but accused handed over the; ticket*,' which withess punched. Those produced in Court werie theHMies-in tpiesjitnr.,He know that a bundle of 'iPenfold's". tJckets had gone astray. He afterwards informed 'Parkhur3t that -they -were both wanted at the offices, aidr advised him t0 ; .tdJUtgte truth.- The. IS- tickets wo.uld have been worth 9/ to the conductor using them, representing each the value- of a* shigfa fare. "" " '.
At this stage the Court adjourned ua» til Monday morning at- 9.30.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 153, 27 June 1908, Page 7
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