A CURIOUS CASE.
POLICEMAN AND A BY-LAW. Press Associativa. DTJNEDIN, July 17. Joshua Cecil Painter, police constable, was charged at the Police Court tbis morning with a breach of the by-law by riding a bicycle at night without a light. Evidence was for the prosecution by a sergeant and a constable, who stated that defendant had no light. Witnesses admitted they had not stopped defendant and examined his lamp. The defendant denied the charge, and slated that he had the lamp aligbt. This was .supported by his wife and another constable.
The tie case, remarking that it was unfortunate the sergeant and the constable did not stop the defendant as he passed by. It was possible they had been mistaken. The ocl/ alternative was to believe that defendant had committed perjury, and on the evidence he would be very reluctant indeed to come to that conclusion.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 138, 17 July 1914, Page 5
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