FOOTBALL INCIDENT
USE OF OBSCENE LANGUAGE
REGRET EXPRESSED IN COURT “I want to say that I am veiy sorry for what I said on the football ground. My feelings were hurt, and I did not realise what I was saying. Afterwards, I realised I had been wrong, and I deeply regret the incident.” In this way a young Maori, Pat Hohua, who was charged with using obscene language in a public place, expressed his regret and asked that his apology be accepted.
Sergeant Farrell said that tne matter was one for which Hohua had already been suspended for life from the football field. He had attended the game in the role of a line umpire, and when excitement and feeling ran high, had taken exception to a decision of the~referee and used the language complained of. He was overheard by a large number of spectators in the vicinity. Hohua was fined £4 and costs.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 20, 4 September 1946, Page 4
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154FOOTBALL INCIDENT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 20, 4 September 1946, Page 4
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