CHARGED, An interesting nse was heard at the Mixed Court on Saturday morning in connexion with what wns described as a big 5 upon tke Tramway Company. accused were ten in number with the exception of one man, were all tram conductors. The chars: arrived at Muirhead Road or the Railway Station the conductor produced his way-bill for the inspec tion of the official at the terminus. In the evening the conductor took his cash, tickets and way-bill to the Wayside depot, where the last check was made. One of the route inspectors, No. 8, recently noticed that one of the accused, an ex-conductor, was travelling on the cars very often.
On January 10, while the inspec-for was in the first-class compartment of a car, he saw the man talking with the conductor, but on making an inspection of the tickets he found that everything was in order. On the afternoon of the same day, the inspector again saw the man on a car, and having his spicions aroused, the inspector followed the conductor of that particular car in the evening, Instead of going to the Wayside station, the accused was seen to Ro to an alleyway off Yuenfony Road, which was off his proper course to the depdt. The inspector was seen, however, and the man turned back.
On the following night. the inspector watched the alleyway and was dressed in plain clothes, He saw Tour conductors go to a house in the alleyway, and the following morning the matter was reported to Mr. Dovan, Acting Traffic Mana-cer of the Tramway Ca., Later in the day the inspector opened one of the accused's ticket bags, and found a number of false tickets. As one of the men was being taken to the Hounakew: Police Station he tried to escape, but was recaptured, and upon being questioned, all the ace cused, with the exception of one mon, admitted their guilt, False tickets were fount in all the bags of the accused con tne tors, Upon investigation at the office it was found that the sale of three cent tickets by the accused was much Mow the aver The false hors a very close re: savbhines to the gemms ones and cold hardly be discovers 1 except by a person who sist haa ben aroused, Evidence was given by a number of witness os from the Tramway Ca., after which the acenss1 were re mauled Gr 1 special hearing, against them was that of cons to defraud the Tramway Mr. R. E. 8. Gregson apy ard to prosecute, and Mr. Rice def the case, Mr. G on ating of case two more men had been arrest ed, and the evidences would show that they had printed and mody us" of false tramway tick: ts. When the conductor went in the morning i! the custom ty give him a buch of tickets and a wey {bill The tickets wert 1 in throughout the Country. series of letters, ant these were changed each day. When the ear al fr
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