UNSUAL CHARGE
THE CASE DISMISSED. [ Par Press Association. ] PALMERSTON N., Dec. 2. An unusual charge was heard before Mr. Stout, S.M., when it was alleged that Andrew Lawson Andrew, relief worker at Bunnythorpe, on November 10 wilfully made a false statement 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 statement. Defendant pleaded not guilty. The polico stated that at 1 o’clock in the morning the watchhouse received a message from the hospital that the police were urgently required at the corner mentioned, the message being by the porter .at the request of defendant, who said that he had been asked by another man to ring. A constable proceeded to the spot, but found nothing untoward. Defendant was found “hanging about.” Counsel for defendant said that the facts were admitted, but defendant did not give the false message wilfully. Fie had complied with a request from another man, who had been very excited. After hearing the evidence the magistrate gave defendant the benefit cf the doubt and dismissed the charge.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 283, 3 December 1935, Page 7
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189UNSUAL CHARGE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 283, 3 December 1935, Page 7
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