PESTERED AND TERRORISED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 16 December 1911, Page 4

PESTERED AND TERRORISED.

$ A GIRL'S UNPIiKASANT EXPKKJENCES. IBjr TeleirraDh.—l'rcsi ArnoclitJonA Auckland, December 15. Gordon William Smyth pleaded guilty to having iwuultrd a girl by catching hold of her by the sliouldor. lie. was described by Sub-ln.s|>ec!or llenry at tho Police Court this morning as one of lha muot cor.tiiiii jit iblo blackguaiiis ever brought bci'ure I lie Court. Accused was a rather good-looking man of about thirty years of age, and the sub-inspector said that he was a married man, with his wife living in Auckland, but had, by soino means, got introduced to the complainant a young girl from Mount Koskill, and paid court to her. Be had postered her with his attentions, followed her about, and terrorised her with threats lo shoot her and to cut his own throat, lie had also Ixirrowcd money from her. She had been so pestered that sho had gono to the polieo for protection. Tho man said tho girl mot him by appointment made by her when she knew her parents were against it, and he was getting Uie blame. Mr, Cutten Mid arcufcd would bo bound over in two sureties of .£25 each lo bo of good behaviour towards complainant Tor twelve months, and for assault sentenced him to fourteen days irt gaol. J'ho Magistrate remarked that if it were not Ihat. the man was the support; of his wife and family, he, would have got a much longer term of imprisonment. '