NOTHING TO FIGHT FOR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 171, 9 April 1918, Page 4

NOTHING TO FIGHT FOR

SOMETHING TO PAY. Archibald King, who was drawn in the third ballot, and who is alleged to have been in hiding at Mahina Bay during the past (level) months, was secured on Saturday by two constables. He appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday before Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., on a charge of resisting Plainclothes Constable Wallace and Constable W. D. Thompson, of Eastbourne. Constable Wallace stated that at about 1 p.m. on Saturday last, in company with Constable Thompson, he went to a house in Mahina- Boy to arrest the defendant on a, military warrant. When the constables got near vhe> house, ,they saw defendant behind a hedge in rear of the house. Constable Wallace went round one side of tho house, and Constable Thompson round the other side, and approached the defendant, who had an axe in his possession. Constable Wallace told the defendant who he (the constable) was, and said to him (hat he had a military warrant for his arrest for failing to attend a medical board. Defendant was told to put on his clothes and to come quietly. He replied that he would not come with them. He said he had nothing to fight for, and was not going into camp. The constables ■then made to arrest the defendant, who struggled violently. The axe was taken from him, and he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed. Defendant then stated he would "give them a go for it." The defendant intended running into the hush, but was caught and held. The 'onstables were informed before they proceeded to arrest the defendant that he intended to resist, and consequently they took precautions. Constable Thompson gave corroborative evidence.

The defendant pleaded guilty to resisting the constables, and was fined £10, in default two months' imprisonment.