SPEEDING MOTORISTS.
INSPECTOR’S GRAVE ADMISSION. STRONG COMMENT BY MAGISTRATE. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 11. In the Magistrate’s Court to-day Mr E. D. Mosley. S.M.. took strong exception to the actions of the Riccarton Borough Council’s traffic inspector in connection with the charges laid against motorists ior speeding. Uurng the crossexamination of the inspector counsel for the defence elicited the fact that the timing of the inspector and his assistants was not reliable, and alleged that the inspector had offered to reduce thfj speed alleged from 28 miles to 26 miles an hour if he would plead guilty. The inspector denied that anything was mentioned about a plea of guilty, but admitted a conversation about reducing the speed. In dismissing the case, Mr Mosley said that a very grave thing had been admitted by the senior inspector who confessed making a statement to a motorist regarding a reduction of his speed mileage. That would affect the attitude of the court unless some radical alteration were made. “If I have reason to believe that representations have been made to defendants or anvthing of that sort it will result in the dismissal of the„cases.” added His Worship,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20432, 12 June 1928, Page 10
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