FINED FOR ASSAULT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 175, 11 August 1937, Page 5

FINED FOR ASSAULT

-PresB Asaociation.)

Man Wh« Accosted Policeman m PI.HW 41?, supsiquprfy " Apo.L991s.ED

(By Telegrapli-

WELL^NG^D.n; Tl^s Day. hidward Samuql "Bowden, * aged 32, xnptbr-^driver,' wq's charge'd iii the^Magistfai'eV Goxirt to-day with" assanlting Eawin ' Wihiam .otraff qn *ana with using ihdqcent language. * 'St'raffion7'a*poli'ce sergeanfc, said that wh'en'he was 'in &bel !§mifii street "on the ey'qhing "'of August Y' on "duty ih ;p^q clq'thqs he saw severn! 'ine^ cqmq* along. Th ey were intercepted by a son of the licensee of the Victoria liotel. The men lqqhed t9iW9T.ds, witness, and then Bowden came hp/seized him by Ihe lapels and said that witness was the one whp px,xnehqd him in Wigan street. Bowden usea in-decent language ; and said he woilld llght. Brennan then -came, over and xipologised and, tried fo drag Bowden away. * Cj'Qss-examinea, "wi/ness, saidt h.e vfjts, in iilaiq clothes YYiih "thq qqthority of ihis "supqrlorn," He. '^.o.aLd' n.9^ Bay' fhat" ;he was ! wqfching '/lie h.q^qi. ' r#e me/jl ;passed hiin and the accused came back* :a.n,d seized liim lirgt by thq Iqpels aq-d ilq^qr by 'the slijo^idqis. Ijq shb/eqqeqtiy. ; '•"^d'nqeMed^s story wq,s th^fc, fqllqw* ing' !the Spriixgboks ^natch qt 'Athl'eti,?* ■ Egrk, he. had' ^ome. .dnhhs and was ihvqiyeq' ih 'a fighf.i rq.eeiving 'an eyp iu^ury. 'He sa-vf '^tra^on gi 9(.4'5 |n4 acteused him of being ihe one. ryho liit! hiin. Witness' denied laying liands on ^traf^om ?" "n r" " wiie^ ' -yitnqpses supnorted thq story of 'the accused, but the Magistfate,* said tnat ihq " sergeant had giveh a clear aecbunC'qf th'e. incidents. 'FortunqtSty for the a&used, ' it . was more' a technical assau^t than anything else; othqr* wifeq he" would hqve gonq/to gaol wiilxoqi " ihe option. *' A "fine qf 10/- wjfs imposea, p default 48, lAQnrjs * imprisoh.ment: ; • John Brennan, aged 36, labourer, w.ho, likq spen/ thq night, in thq lqc^;U#-^as *^qrge4 /vifh ohstruqtT in,g Stm^on ' In |he exqcuiion oi ^3. Khty." poGi thq lingistrgte* and SuhTnsf(ec(tqr DSqmpsqy asbqd him |f he ^4 no.t |rj[ tq Tqstraip. Bow4qn, t® Vhieh Erenngn qaid: /Ko." Subsequently tlie Magistrate sai4: fDpn't you see,, we are trying tq get you out of a hole.**' Bfq 4w»i^ei thq r—-