PROSECUTION OF A CONSTABLE.
TIMARU, ArRiL 6,
At the Police Court today, ;the prosecution of a constable named Kelmey was commencecUfor failing to do his best to maintain order" when on' nightjjf March 18. Aftci> some witn&ses had »gfven negative evidence, Inspector Thompson obtained >a remand till next Wednesday for production of a man who had made th'o originatffcomplaint, and then withdrew i&and left.town. It'isunderstood -that 1 the-cliarge is that the constable entered an hotel in the small hours, and took*part in a disturbance. The licensee and other witnesses who were called denied that the constable was there, though the former had told&he detective the next day that he was. This statement he now said was untrue.
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Evening Star, Issue 7875, 6 April 1889, Page 2
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117PROSECUTION OF A CONSTABLE. Evening Star, Issue 7875, 6 April 1889, Page 2
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