A CONSTABLE’S CYCLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 23 July 1925, Page 4

A CONSTABLE’S CYCLE.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY* Hr Telegraph —l’re«s Association. O AMARU, July 22. A case possessing extraordinary features was heard in the Magistrate s Court to-day. Constable A oyee some weeks mm missed his bicycle. He saw a. machine in _ the street which ho identified as his, and asked tho resident who claimed it t mm whom ho procured it. The resist stated that he had found tho body oi tho machine ■in n rubbish heap some years ngo, and had assembled it. As tho number was niissirm tho constable laid information ana,'nst the resident for t-liclt. ''-'After the easo for tho prosecution had been hoard, counsel for tho defence asked for an adjournment to enablo him to procure another bKpe.o which had been found m a fftable. AVlien tho second bicycle wus.pi oduccd, Constable Voyco identified it as Ins Senior Sergeant Shanahan then said an honest mistake had been made, and asked leave to withdraw the charge. Tho Magistrate said there was no doubt an honest mistake had been undo It was unioriunato that tno missine hievelo should- have belonged to a constable. No odium m the circumstances could attach to < unstable A Counsel for tho defence stated that there wore features about tho two bicvcles wh.ich did not correspond. The- Migrm! rale sa : d ho was satisfied. In live ver. ilmt uu bo-.- . mi stake had p, I • c ;■ ■■■ to t lie W 1 tll--1 . a ,1 , ] . . !;reo. a ini made- an |a. i public,: t.ion of the name .of the defendant ho buppres-sed.