A SUPRISE IN COURT.
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DUNEDIN, this day
There was a surprise at tho hearing yesterday afternoon of the charge against. James Proctor Nicholson, who pleaded not guilty of false pretences in connection with ringing in the trotting mare Dora Derby. The surprise was a change of evidence of the chief witness, Archibald Campbell Sim, who had already pleaded guilty to a similar charge. Sim stated that he bought the mare for £25, and he and Nicholson arranged to buy a better mare, resembling the first one, Dora Derby being selected. To complete the resemblance Dora Derby's tail was docked and an e;ir split. The first horse was then destroyed. Witness further stated that his brother sold the mare to Drover, but she was got back and destroyed beeauso rumors were afloat. The witness was proceeding to describe Drover.
His Honor: You had better not emulate Nicholson in his description of the imaginary Davis. Was there any such man as Drove)' 1 After hesitation the witness answered in the negative, reaffirming, however, that tho mare was dead, shot by him last February.
The case was adjourned until this morning.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16121, 9 May 1923, Page 3
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