MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
A CHINAMAN'S BLUNDER,
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Chiustcbcech, Wednesday. At the Magistrate's Court to-day John William Smith was brought up on remand, charged as a rogue and a vagabond, having disguised himself as a policeman and robbed a Chinaman of £2. A Chinaman at the racecourse recognised Smith as the man who visited hi« house as a policeman in search of opium, and took his money, giving a receipt for the same, and telling the Chinaman to collect it at the police office in the morning. The clearest evidence was given that Smith was not the man who visited the Chinaman's house, and Smith was dismissed, the magistrate expressing regret at the inconvenience caused to an innocent man, but adding that it was an experience that any man might have in the present circumstances, and could not be helped. He was pleased, however, that Smith was able to give a perfectly satisfactory account of himself, and so leave the Court with 110 stain on his character.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14143, 19 August 1909, Page 6
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