SINGING IN STREET
WANTED TO FIGHT CONSTABLE.
AUCKLAND, February 16.
Early this morning a constable encountered Benjamin Thompson aged 39, a polisher, in Hobson Street. Thompson was standing on the footpath singing and when warned to go home, lie took off his coat and wanted to fight the constable. He was arrested on a charge of being disorderly while drunk and he appeared at the Police Court this morning. “This is his 48th appearance and a prohibition order would not do him any harm,” remarked Detective Sergeant Kelly. Thompson was fined Cl, or three days’ imprisonment, and was also prohibited.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1932, Page 2
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