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CONDUCTOR DECIDES
MIGHT CALL 1 LB. A HUNDRED
WEIGHT
Strange Tram Regulation
A case Illustrating the famous opinion
that "the law's an ass" came before Mr.
H. M. Muirhead yesterday, when, al- <*>
though satisfied that the defendant in
a case wae in the right, he bad to re
cord a conviction because a tram regu
lation made a conductor the final arbi
ter in regard to the weight of a bag.
Mrs. A. M. Bassett, of Anzac Highway,
Keswick, was charged with having1 re
moved luggage, which she had been per
mitted to take on a tramcar, without
paving the conductor a fee for the lug
gage. Mr. D. B. Ross prosecuted, and
Mr. J. McGee appeared for the defen
dant
Evidence was given that the conduc
tor of the car asked for a threepenny
fare for a bag which the defendant took
on the car. He said he estimated the
weight at 20 lb., and that luggage ex
ceeding 14 lb. must be paid for.
The defendant said 6he told the con
ductor that the bag weighed only about
10 or 12 lb. Immediately she arrived at.
her home she weighed the bag, with
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