UNUSUAL DEFENCE
Traveller Without Ticket “IN THE SECRET SERVICE” Dominion Special Service. Tailiape, February 13. “I’m a secret service man,” declared Stanley Wilfred Adams in the Taihape Police Court on Thursday, when charged with travelling without a ticket on a Marton-Taihape train. Adams had a farthing iu his possession, which he termed the “King’s farthing, and a curious sign embellished on it pocketbook. saying that they were part of the identification methods of the secret service. According to the police, however, Adams had worked on the wharves at Wellington and accused told the Bench that he had been in New Zealand for 30 years. After Adams had stated that he had travelled all over the world on his pocketbook “pass” and never had it questioned, the Bench lined him £l, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment. It was also suggested that he be examined as to his mental condition.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 120, 15 February 1932, Page 11
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148UNUSUAL DEFENCE Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 120, 15 February 1932, Page 11
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