No little surprise was caused in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court recently when a “defendant" to a charge of breaking a traffic regulation pleaded guilty to charges brought against another. When the court orderly read the name and charge the “offender” answered, stood out, and pleaded guilty, and it was not until a traffic inspector had taken the oath that the error was discovered. The “offender,” whose surname was the same as that on the charge-sheet, was advised to leave without more ado. He explained later that he had been stopped the day before by a traffic inspector and warned for speeding. He decided that he ought io appear -in court. By a coincidence a similar name happened to be on the charge-sheet for ths
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 22, 21 October 1937, Page 13
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