TRESPASS ALLEGED
MOTHER ACCUSES SONS ADJOURNMENT OF CASE "The Police Offences Act should not be invoked in a matter like this," said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court, yesterday, when two brothers, Maurice John Long and Alfred James Long, were prosecuted by their mother, Alice A. Long, for alleged trespass on her property at. Point. Chevalier. Counsel for informant said the case was rather unusual. The defendants had refused to leave their mother's property, into which slie had put all her money. The magistrate said the Police Offences Act. was intended for dealing with rogues and vagabonds found on private property, and not for cases similar to the present one. One of the defendants said he and his brother had worked all their lives on the property and had no other place to which to go. The Magistrate: Well, the property is your mother's, and it is obvious she wants you to leave. The magistrate advised council to have the sons thrown out if they refused to go. Counsel: There is nobody big enough. The magistrate said he would not. hear the case, and adjourned it for a week.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21414, 11 February 1933, Page 14
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