'A mafoo employed by Mr. R. Neumann was charged with furiously and recklessly driving pony attached to a van, in Boone Rosd on the 11th inst., thereby damaging a licensed ricsha to the extent of 50 cents.
Mr. T. E. Dunn gave evidence that he was walking along Boone Road that morning, near the-.market, when the noise, of a cart attracted. his attention, He looked round and saw the defendant driving 's butcher's van, gallop, along Boone Road. The road being very crowded, he thought at, the time that an accident must happen: -Immediately afterwards lo caw the van collide with two ricshas, containing pas—sengers. One of the ricshas was overturned and the van passed clean over it.
thought the occupant would be seriously injured, but this was apparently {not the case as the man picked himself up and ran away. Withess called out to the mafoo to stop, but prisoner simply looked, round and grinned. Witaesa then made dash for the van and caught hold of the jtail board chain. The mafoo paid no attention to witness's shouts, but whipped up the pony -and.continued. his mad career. At the. corner of Boone snd Seward Roads, the mafoo evidently saw that it was impossible to- turn the corner without another smash, and therd. fore pulled up. Witness could not find 8 policeman, s0 he escorted the mafoo, and pony, and van to the police st and gave the mafoo in charge. The was galloping down the Boone Road.
The defendant pleaded that he had no whip to use, and the pony simply got out of control.
Mr. Dunn' said the mafoo certainly had a whip and used it on the pony. That the pony was not out of control was apparent from the fact that the mafoo was able to bring it to " standstill when ho found it impossible to turn the corner at the rate_he wasigoing.
The defendant was sentenced to 100 blows and ordered to pay a fine of $50.
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