WITH MUSIC?

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 7

WITH MUSIC?

Dunstone Showed An Original Turn (From "N.Z. Truth's" Gisborne Rep.) Anyone hearing the name of Aynsley B* Dunstone called In court might b^ pardoned for expecting to see someone out of the „;' ordinary step forward. r '-, : 'V THERE'S soniethlng aristocratic | . - about' the 'Aynsley - part of the - cognomen, and the capital B after', it,., just leads that little bit . of balance^ that makes so much difference m the':; euphony of a name. '. . [J Aynsley ■was guilty of showing his-;. contempt for the. strong right arm of^ the law — personified by Constable EJd-i"-, ward Albert Gatehouse— by saluting! it£ with an insulting noise. ; ; •£ Most policemen are fairly big men, ■-*.. and m any case, Aynsley probably ?■'. realized the futility of virtually trying '; to take it out Ojf anyone's hide. So .hel; conceived the brilliant idea of venting,his spite ma, most novel manner. ,> ■% As he cycled past P.C. Gatejiouse ' a few days after his father's unfortunate/ court case, Aynslejr pursed up his lips, turned to the constable, and <made; a funny noise. If Aynsley could be npvel so could the constable. He asked the youihg'^ man the . whyf or ' of his behavior and £ was informed that it was ' a joke,*^ prompted by his animosity to the forced m general because of its treatment -I of t> his father. : '•..,' !'.;".»* • Result: Aynsley B. . appeared before £' Magistrate Levvey charged that he did behave m an insulting and offensivesmanner m a public place, to wit, the IZ intersection of Gladstone Road and J;j Peel Street, Gisborne. ' .'■ >■ In outlining the facts, Senior-"/ sergeant Mac Lean admitted that he * 5. had never heard of;; a similar caso?:! having been brought before the court'; before. > - • . •■;* . Following the constable's cvi- t den cef, m the cpu.cse of which he J "elicited the fact that "the imposing *. uniform garbed --the,. wisdom and X authority of 26 summers, Lawyer •,;* Wauchop submitted that a noise, "• such as that complained of could ', not come within the scope of the ; / Act. . } \ -.'■.:■ „ " '-'.;■ Levvey c'bmmented,- howeyer, that many a man' had oeeh punched for' a good deal less, adding: "I know what I would think of it if it : were done to me', it was meant to X .be ; offensive." : 4 Counsel admitted that m the army such an action would be regarded as "dumb insolence," but that it'" should land a man m the Police Court, was almost unbelievable. ■' ." Because Aynsley was a civil servant, and might lose hjis job if he were convipted, and because he was prepared to apologize to the constable, the ; magistrate agreed to dismiss the case. : under section 92, adding that a -police , officer was not going to be subjected to offensive insults when he was doing his duty. * ,