A PROTEST.
SO SHI EDITOR. Sir, —Will you allow me apaoe to your columns to protest against the strictures of His Honor Judge Fennefather in respect to tbe case of James Bowlirg Smith, wherein be said that the owner of the purloined bag and goods had no right to leave the same on the railway station, as it. was putting temptation in the man’s way. 1 consider such an expression on the part of a learned gentleman, capable of reflection unwarrantable and quite uncalled for,, as His Honor must have oeen aware that Smith knew well that the articles were not his,
iod thi fills of drink—vrhloh* I wntar# to »»y, it booomiog t to common, tad ia tokaa id* vaiuaM erf by lawyer* to urge probation—la no palliation for the i fUnoe. Ia It poaaible Mr Jnatioa Panoafatber - would prohibit, anyone amall piOportiWiip the inHmaft: ; t O’jp might teta waU aay thot a proprietor naa no right to exhimtl his ratnaa on the counter or |pfo furoicuria in m|tbar.— l om, oto., , ,;|U ' vD. JigittAß. Dunedin, November 29. ■ -
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Evening Star, Issue 10793, 30 November 1898, Page 4
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179A PROTEST. Evening Star, Issue 10793, 30 November 1898, Page 4
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