A young man named S. A. Judah appeared before Mr. G. W. King in the British Police Court, on Tuesday, to answer a summons charging him with having ridden a motor cycle with an open exhaust, Acting Head Constable Herbert, of the Police Reserve, said that the ith an open exhaust, passed the Western District on the Defendant was riding 3 was perfectly certain defendant was the rider, as he had seen him many times." The fact of the exhaust being open was not a mistake, as it had occurred many times. Witness lived within 100 yd. of defendant's house, and he could say that this open exhaust was a perfect nuisance.
Defendant denied that he was riding the cycle at the time of the complaint. He sold it previously to that and his friend, Mr. Shekury, had admitted that' he was the rider.
Mr. Herbert said that he was not in any doubt about the defendant being the rider. He had seen him riding the machine many yusly and also since the date of this complaint.
The defendant was fined $3.
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