POLICE V. PEOPLE

NZ Truth, Issue 133, 17 August 1907, Page 4

POLICE V. PEOPLE

* — : . TANNER THE TRUCULENT TRAP. Peculiar Pranks at Pahiatua. The reason why the country p&aler should make himself unnecessarily •Innoxious m the coiMnu-nity is a mystery like the pyramids mid i>he ordinary domestic sausage. Copper Tanner is a tall person, clothed m a little brief authority at Pahiatua, and one would imagine he was ihs Almighty if his feet were not exposed to view.. Complaints have been, made to "Truth" office that Sispcr.Cß, or Tanner, or whatever his name is, is an officious, offensive, and bully U£ person, who acts unreasonably, and frequently and unnecessarily interferes with law-abiding citizens. Pallia- = tua residents are used to his anspeakable methods, and bew lowly before the person with large bo«ts, under the impression that he is G"od, or some equally awesome befna;, bst a stranger n the town is naturally astonished. At 10.30. on Saturday "night last five persons, all sober. were standing on the- footpath at Pnhiatua, yarning, and were about TO DEPART TO THEIR HOMES, when Sixpenoe, or Sprat, or whatever his name is, came up to them m an offensive way and ordered them to "Moove ahn !" He also remarked that .they were not allowed to loaf about the streets at that time of night. Four of the men, who belonged to Pahiatua^ immediately obeyed th« behest, but a South Wairarapa. man was too paralysed with astonishment to get away immediately. Recognising, however, that he would have a poor chance m the local Court if he resisted, he too vanished, but now wants to know who appointed Sprat arbiter oi the people's liberties m Pahiatua. What Sixpence wants is a shfft on to street duty m the city, where the sergeant will giye him a taste of the discipline he is pnrieavorins; tq^imposc on the town that rejected 'iMic-Ey 'Awkins afc the Ja*»t GleGtioo