HOW THE MONEY GOES.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2363, 13 October 1880, Page 2

HOW THE MONEY GOES.

SECOND EDITION

A striking instance of how the public money is expended, is afforded by the case of the man Crowley, who was brought up at the E. M. Court here the other day, charged with failing to appear at the Geraldine E. M. Court, to answer a charge of assault. Some months ago Crowley assaulted a man at Geraldine, who took out a summons against him. Crowley failed to appear when called upon, and the J.P., who was on the Bench, ordered a warrant to issue for his arrest. No expense was spared to secure the arrest of the absconder, for the warrant having been issued was of course bound to bo executed. At length after a considerable amount of hunting and telegraphing,etc., news came that the man who was “ wanted ” was at Duntroon, and here he was at last arrested. He was taken to Oamaru ; remanded from thence to Timaru ; detained here two days ; and then remanded to Geraldine ; where he yesterday made his appearance before Messrs Postlethwaite and Fish, J.P's., and the assault having been proved he was—-fined os ! The tracking and arrest of this terrible individual has cost at a moderate computational!),and when he is at length brought to justice the case against him is discovered to be of such a trumpery nature that a lino of os is considered a sufficient punishment. The fault lay of course with the J.P. who ordered a warrant to issue for Crowley’s arrest, without first taking the trouble to ascertain tho nature of the charge against him. This, while sweeping redactions arc the order of the day, is one way how the money goes !