BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 December 1929, Page 5

BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER.

ANNOYING MISSIVES LEAD TO COURT CASE.

DEFENDANT BOUND OVER,

(By Telegraph —Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day,

Two very well-known brothers, Campbell and Ha'llyburton Johnstone, were principals in the Police Court to-day when, Campbell Johnstone proceeded against his brother and asked the Magistrate to order him to find sureties to keep the peace. Campbell alleged that Lis -brother had, within the past six months, at Avondale, exhibited offensive writings on the envelopes of letters addressed to him, to the care of various local bodies of which he was a member. The envelopes were addressed to him as follows:—Campbell Johnstone, the man who pleads the Statute of Limitations, c/o Auckland Harbour Board, e/o Raglan County Council; and c/o Waikato Hospital Board. Complainant declared that such conduct on the defendant’s part was likely to cause further annoyance and perhaps a breach of the peace, as Campbell is actually a member of the local bodies referred to.

After submissions by the respective counsels for the parties Hallyburton’s lawyer undertook that his client would stop such writings in the future; and the Magistrate then bound the defendant over in the sum of £lO that no future t annoying letters would be addressed to his brother.