A QUEER CASE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7543, 16 May 1903, Page 4

A QUEER CASE.

Tin: Stipendiary Majjistrato at Welling. ton waa engaged yestordny in hearing a queer <nse in conrieoton •vith the is'c I**. town local option poll, but w it h not yet tronchnlud svo arc not a'tlo (o do inure than sliile the (avis, which, so f*r, aro redolent of tho methods of tho browcrs. It appe.ir.-i that a jjcnllcnmn nanjeti Simson, ivho had been actually en^.itjcd on j behalf of tiie brewers in compiling the I roll before the election, was thought to \ be useful in <:G:i!i<.;elio?i with ;!io proceedings for upsetting prohibition. Ho, \ according to his .ftilemcn?, he was- eng.j^ed by a committee, amongst whom were JUessr.-; .McCirthy end McArdle, the well-known brevvor.i, to fi.^i.^t in proourin^ evi(!e.-.>co for that purpose. lie.fidet a very liberal payment, he was to receive a bonm of £.'■><) if the poll wa< upyet. T!ie other amounts owing wen: paid, but no liability was declared in ; regard to tho £:io. Sj th« services of Mr A. ]{. Atkiu-ion, who is well known i ax a particular " fneu-1" of t:ie brewers, were secured by Mr Si;:»son and th>" bonn* sued for. Tii<! contract whs repudiated by (ho solicitor fur the brew- | er.--, but the S.M. httted. m considering a | proposal for adjournment, that the plaiu- | tiu must .sucef..^ a^rinisj one of tho deffn.iaiitH, L'jrln- by ;ian.e, siKnificantly mnarkin^, "If ihi* ca-e U a Jjournedtill Tiie-iday, pr/:»r.bly { .shrill hear no more about it." A::d then the case was mljourned.