tf A. man coming round a corner or his wrong side is a menace—he shoub .< not bo allowed on a road at all.”—Mt J. S. Barton, S.M., during the heart n, 1 of a charge of negligent driving hear 3 at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. 1 The Railway Department has decid- j ed to light the Marton station and 1 yards by electricity, and the work will B be carried out by the Department immediately. The lighting installation will represent approximately 20kw. A surprise both to th os*. nit ere.', in the case and to members of general public in the Court cropped out of the cross-exUmini'tion a member of the police force.'who was the chief witness for the Grown in a charge of drunkenness ' preferred against a motorist. Counsel for defendant pressed the witness concerning certain interrogations he made of tie defendant while under arrest. After | some bickering between counsel an,, the witness, the latter admitted ha he had enquired of the defendant Ji l to how he had spent his evening. The witness admitted, further, that his en quiries were launched with the bjee’ of seeking information relative; I<. after-hour hotel trading. Coun-4 reminded the witness that he was i ljligc-i in his official capacity before quqjHon ing a person under arrest to wnrnyiini that anything he might say w< bn used in evidence against him. Thdlwit ness merely replied that he had been “told so.” “You asked,” said coon sei in tones of disgust, “questions of drunken man to obtain material dence?” “Yes,” responded witness, who farther added that he would Dot hesitate to do so!
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19347, 30 June 1925, Page 4
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