PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.
A SNUB TO MILITARY OFFICERS [By Telegrapn—Press Asaoomtion.j Westport, last night. At the Magistrate’s Court, Adjutant Trask applied to the Magistrate to commit to gaol Corporal Powell, of the Westport Garrison Artillery, for refusing to pay a fino of 10s, imposed by Captain Carr for alleged insolent language. Defendant denied the offence. Ho said he had appealed to Colonel Wolfe, and that this officer had confirmed the appeal without giving him a hearing, and that he (Powell) had lodged an appeal against Colonel Wolfe’s information, but that the officor who took it refused to forward it to headquarters. It was stated by defendant that one of the sergeants in the corps had certified to witnessing the offence, although not present.
The Magistrate refused, to commit the defendant.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 964, 10 August 1903, Page 2
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130PLAYING AT SOLDIERS. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 964, 10 August 1903, Page 2
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