WOMEN INSULTED

Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1928, Page 4

WOMEN INSULTED

MAN’S UNWELCOME ATTENTIONS AUCKLAND, June 12.

A well-known figure on the streets of Auckland, Maurice Tangncy (32), was arrested in Shorthand Street yesterday for assaulting two women by spitting in their faces, and this morning, at the Police Court, he appeared on the charges, pleading, not guilty. “It was lucky for Tangney that friends of the..young women were not with them at the time,” said Sub-In-spector McCarthy just prior to calling evidence. The first young woman stated that ■about 1.45 yesterday afternoon, in

Shortlaiid St., Tangncy passed close by her. He made a mule remark and then spat in her face. Witness had seen Tangncy before. He line! visited the office where she worked and had made a nuisance of himself. Tangney: I 'only hissed at you, didn’t I?—No. You did more than that, as I have already described.

You. always smile at me?—No, certainly not, not at a man like you, who must be mad to do what you do.

Mr Hunt: What do you hiss at women in the street for, anyway?— Well, I wanted to attract her attention. I thought she was friendly towards me. ' The other young lady corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. Tangney then went into the wit-ness-box. “I may have met the young ladies yesterday, but I did not spit at them ; I only hissed.” “Don’t teli me that,” said Mr Hunt. “Eight or nine years ago I gave you six months’ imprisonment in Wellington for a similar offence. On that occasion veu were stopping and accosting women in the street.” On each charge Tangney was sentenced to ; two months’ imprisonment, the .Mh.gmirhte directing that the terms be cumulative.