Breach of the Peace.

Manawatu Herald, 20 June 1903, Page 2

Breach of the Peace.

AN AUCKLAND MERCHANT ARRESTED. On Wednesday night the shop window of Mr S. L. P. Rimmer, coffee merchant, was smashed, _ it is presumed by someone who objected to some literature displayed in the window. Mr Rimmer on Thursday put up a placard saying:—"This is the work of the Church of Rome." The window was broken a second time. Mr Rimmer persisted in posting the objectionable placards. *An immense crowd congregated, and the police arrested Rimmer on a charge of conduct calculated to cause a I breach of the peace. At the Court on Thursday Seth L. P, Rimmer was charged under section subsection 3, of the Justices of the Peace Act that he did exhibit an offensive writing. Mr Stewart appeared for accused. The police asked for a remand until -Friday. This was granted. Mr Stewart asked that bail be allowed. The police asked that if bail were allowed the. accused should be deterred from showing matter calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Mr Stewart replied that Rimmer would undertake not to do so. Sub-Inspector Black remarked that placards were torn out of Rimmer’s window by the crowd and destroyed. The defendant—" I wish to say that the indictment is not correct.” His Worship said the steps were taken in the, interest of defendant himself on the ground that he might be injured by the crowd. He would allow bail to defendant. The Sub-Inspector said if defendant went back to his shop and repeated the offence there would ho a disturbance. The police had asked defendant to take the placards out of the window and he refused to do so. His Worship granted bail in two sureties of £SO. The bail was forthcoming. WOLFE S SCHNAPPS healthfullly