Ranger Impounded

NZ Truth, Issue 1030, 22 August 1925, Page 6

Ranger Impounded

Daniel Comes to* Judgment

(From" "Truth's" * Greymputh Rep.) "When Dan .MoLeod, : the; doughty ranger for the. Cobden Town Board, went to the suburb's hostelry to "see a. man about a horse," he put his head m the lion's den, so to speak, and wa.s duly brought to judgment by burly Constable Baird. Dan came to Court the other fine morning to defend himself, but Magistrate W. Meldrum impounded as much of Dan's cash as would cover the costs of the prosecu-

tion. The constable told how he caught McLeocl m Tony Scalmer's parlor at Cobden on the night of July IS. and how he had to wait about five minutes until the doors of the hotel were unlocked and opened unto him. There was a scarier when he entered, and several men got away m the rush. Daniel said that, m the course oC his duties as the Town Board's ranger, he went to' the hotel to" see whether the licensee had received a telephone message he was expecting regarding the disposal of a horse. He had not been m the hotel mare than two shakes when the limb of'ihp jiw hove ! n sight. He went to the hotel about S p.m. But, according to the police evidence. Daniel was collared m the hotel at 9.5 p.m. '' "You stayed there too long-." decided the Magistrate, and convicted Daniel.