THIRD PARTY INTERVENTION
When Ernest Blades, a seaman, aged 37, assaulted his companion—or, to use his own words, "just placed his hand on his face"—in a second-class carriage on the Main Trunk express'at 3 a.m. yesterday, lie did not know that Mr. John Henry Haunan, J.P., Auckland's well-known landlord, would see him and take it on himself to give him in charge to a constable who chanced to be in another carriage. However, Mr. Hannan did see him.
When he appeared before Mr. E. Page, S.M., in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, Blades pleaded guilty to a charge of acting in a disorderly manner on the express, but denied that he had assaulted his friend, one Thomas Appleby.
Sub-Inspector Harvey told the Court that tho accused was very drunk at the time. The assault was not a serious one, but Mr. Hannan had witnessed the affair and had informed a constable.
Blades: "I just put my hand over his face. It was not a strike, but a thrust. My friend apologised to me this morning." Mr. Harvoy: "I understand Blades's mate did not want to prosecute at all." Blades was fined £,1 for behaving in a disorderly manner, and on the second count . was convicted and discharged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 7
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206THIRD PARTY INTERVENTION Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 7
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