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[Pee Press Agency.] Wellington. December 16. The enquiry into the charges made agrinf#*Aeutenant Leahy, Naval Brigade oSpMfcqk» concluded. The testimony of th* witnesses nas beer, forwarded to the Governor, who will t-»ke what action he thinks proper. J. Reilly, T. Clark, and P. Farrelly, were charged to-day with assaulting the guard, driver, and another man, while passengers in the train from Wellington to the Lower Butt. It appeared the ncaused were second-clase paaeengers. hut rode in first-clas* carriages, and refusing to pay the difference, the guart! locked them np in the carriage. This, and some remarks of the guard referring to Farrslly’s sister led to the row on arrival st ths Hart. The Bench fined Farrelly £5, or a c. nth in gaol ; the o*l- *rs f? each, or n
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Waipawa Mail, Volume 2, Issue 132, 17 December 1879, Page 3
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