FROM THE BENCH TO THE DOCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 47, 7 February 1879, Page 2

FROM THE BENCH TO THE DOCK.

O Constable Parcell is blessed with a large amount of very grim humour, and effected a most rapid transition in the position of Dr Kockstrow on Wednesday last, taking him fron the Bench to the dock. It occurred in this wise. The Dr had just finished hearing: a case for horsea wandering, and the Constable strolled to th« door, wh<?n lo i there was the J.P.s veritable oow roaming the s'reets in the sacred precincts of the Court. To take out a summons, and serve it on Dr Rockstrow Was the work of a few moments, and the Court was again opened to hear the case, resulting in a dismissal. The Constable explained very blandly to the Court that he brought the charge " entirely to show the public there was. no favoritism," and the Bench expressed its opinion that he was right. {Sundry coughs were heard, however, ns the Constable made his speech, which seemed to imply the public were trying to swallow it, but could not, and|the merry twinkle which flashed across his eye rather suggestted the idea that Pure all himself thought the whole affair a capital joke. mmammmmmtm^ mmmmma