DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR
A fine of £2 and costs was imposed upon James Currie, a second-hand dealer, who appeared before Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday on a charge of disorderly behaviour. Sub-Inspector D. J. O'Neill said that the accused, while in a state of intoxication, had entered a shop conducted by an elderly lady at Kaiwarra and accused her of being a sly grog-seller. He refused to leave the shop and created a disturbance by banging on the counter with his fists and demanding cigarettes. He continued to be a pest, but when the police were communicated with he disappeared in a car.
Counsel for the defendant (Mr. A. J. Mazengarb), said that there was certainly an argument over a packet of cigarettes, and what had started as a joke was apparently taken seriously by the woman. According to his instructions the facts were in no way as serious as had been made out, and it was merely a piece of stupidity on the part of the defendant.
On an additional charge of failing to have a warrant of fitness Currie was fined 10s and costs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1939, Page 7
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190DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1939, Page 7
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