Sub.-Inspector Everson, conducting the prosecution for the Municipal police, stated that a Sikh policeman saw two foreigners fighting and ordered them to stop. One went away, but the defendant, being under the influence of liquor, refused and tore the cuff of the policeman's overcoat, *On his way to the station, he attempted to escape and struck a foreign "ergeant in the face.
Mr. Lurton asked if the police were willing to withdraw: the last item in the charge, as otherwise he would have to bind the prisoner over to a higher court and this would necessitate his missing his boat and losing his position.
Thiy was agreed to and Mr. Lurton sentenced the prisoner to 20 hours' imprisonment and fined him G.$10 and the costs of the case.
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