SHOOTING ON ROADS.
"CONSTITUTES AN OFFENCE."
WARDING PROSECUTION.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) PUKEKOHE, Thursday.
"There is great danger in the use of rifles on public roads, and if the practice is not stopped someone may be injured," stated Mr. F. 11. Levien, S.M., in the Pukekohe Court to-day when Ivan R. George and Isla Watkins were each charged "with discharging .22 rifles on the main highway at Pokeno. Mr. T. C. Clissold said that he saw defendants on the road with rifles, as he approached they raised the rifles and fired at rabbits in neighbouring paddocks. He said that lie had only brought the cases as a warning to others who shot rabbits from the road or in the vicinity of roads. Most people not aware that the shooting constituted
an offence. Both defendants were convicted and ordered to pay 12/ costs.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19360501.2.32
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 5
Word Count
142SHOOTING ON ROADS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.