A CALCULATING FATHER-IN-LAW.
(united press association.) CHaisrcHUBCH, October 2.
A cabman appeared before the Coart to-day to answer a charge of exacting and demanding an excessive fare. The way the charge arosawaa as follows: The daughter of Mr Hoskins,'Che Town Clerk, was married 'the other day, and that gentleman, having, of course, an intimate knowledge of proper cab r fares, did not believe in submitting to the charge usual on each festive occasions. The legal fare’ would have been 6s fid, but the bridegroom paid 10s without a mmmar, and, doubtless, as a jocose counsel observed, would have given the man a sovereign Cor his fare and half-a-crown to get drunk with. However, the cabman was too .much for the Town Clerk, for he proved that he had neither exacted nor demanded the 10s, bat simply told the bridegroom it was the customary fee on such joyous occasions. The Bench held the defence to lie good, and dismissed the case. \
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6696, 3 October 1882, Page 2
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160A CALCULATING FATHER-INLAW. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6696, 3 October 1882, Page 2
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