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▲ 810 CLAIM. (Special to tlie “ Star.”) AUCKLAND.* August 10. A widow whose husband wa« a victim of a collision bmv.«.r* tw« notor-cycles near Maungatnp-rr* m December 1G brought a < lain 'or £3500 in the Supreme Court tolay. The plaintiff was Mary Agnen Srraelc and the defendant Richard Wallace, of Maungatapere, farmer. An allegation of negligent, unskilful and reckless driving was made GAOL FOB TAXI-DBIVZR. NELSON. August 10. Richard Rawson. a taxi-driver who staged a sham aesnulf am -obbery in an endeavour i<- - a ihe theft of his employer’s money was sentenced to thr e months imprisonment for theft. The M*\ gistrate said that it would b< vicious, from the point of view o public policy, to grant probutio* 'n such a case of chicanery. DECISION UPHELD. The decision of a Magistrate in giving judgment for S. Tla’ 4 gainst Booth, Macdonald and Ltd., for ihe sum of £$C- was ut held by Mr Justice Adams I.whin dismissing an app- •• • • drr d 1 the defendants. The Magistrate said that lie was satisfied that ** legally, morally ur Equitably.” plaintiff should succeed
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 188, 10 August 1931, Page 12
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