CASE DISMISSED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20281, 3 December 1935, Page 13

CASE DISMISSED

ALLEGED FALSE STATEMENT Telegraph—Press Association PALMERSTON N., December 2. An unusual charge was heard before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., when it was alleged that Andrew Lawson Andrew, a relief worker, of Bunnythorpe, on November 10, wilfully made a false statemc--over the telephone, that the police were required immediately at the corner of Boundary Road and Vogel Street, with intent that the police should act on such false state - ment. Defendant pleaded not guilty. The police stated that at 1 o’efoek in the morning the watchhouse received a message from the hospital that the police were urgently required at the corner mentioned, the message being given by a porter at the request of the defendant, who said he had been asked by another man to ring. A constable proceeded to the spot, but found nothing untoward. The defendant was found “hanging about.” Counsel for the defendant said the facts were admitted, but the defendant did not give a false message wilfully. He had complied with a request from another man, v'ho had been very excited. After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate gave defendant the benefit of the doubt and dismissed the charge.