HIS MISTAKE

NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 7

HIS MISTAKE

— ■ — ♦ The Sailor And The Typiste (From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Repw>' Able-seaman Harry Kelieway, of '. His Majesty's good ship Dunedin, found thai the proverbial luok of the Navy had deserted at least one ■ of the crew when he put to the teat the words of the old song, "All the - Girls Love a Sailor." VLIE may have been putting his faith m 11 the old ballad; anyway^ -he rather; - let his ego run away with him when he tried to force his, attentions .pn ; a young typiste, and Jack soon ran; foul of the police. , When Kelleway appeared In the Auckland Police Court, he was charged with- assaulting Ailsa Craig. . ■ . "Not guilty," said the son of the sea, and it was left to th©:, officer on deck, Sub -Inspector McCarthy, to call up the reserves, and the way of the sailor with the maid was told, m evidence, Ailsa Craig said that she vu a. typiste. , She was goingalong.-Short-land Street- yh%nshe firgi sa w that accused was "following her." He walked past her and went into ». lane. She hurried*' on, and- later sht saw him following her again. He waa then olose behind her. When he caught up with her he grabbed her by the shoulder. "I resented it and started to scream/ she said. "He then put his hand over my mouth, but' I managed to push him away." ' ' He came at her again, but made off when a woman came out of a:. house. To the sub-inspector, witness said that she had identified^ him later, Sh» was sure ,that he was the man who had assaulted her. ...... "I was m my room when I heard a woman scream," said the next witness for the police, a man named Jplk Ho looked put and saw something huddled on the footpath on the other side' of the road. r •'. ; .:..i "When he reached the road there was a constable with the girV '- ; Witness then saw a sailor walking away fast, and he followed him .towards the |- railway .station.; Witness informed a constable who arrested accused. "As far as I know," ttiis was the man, but I will not swear to it," he concluded.. -■/,-& . X . v The constable who found Uhe> girl after hearing fher-scream"sa^ f^ that he smelt liquor -on accused 1 - Iwhen he was broughtrback. ■*.v' "?A. The girl had picked accused out from five other men. When asked if he wanted to make a. statement, defendant said that 'he had nothing to say, and was convioted and' fined 40/-, . : "I can take It that he will not be ashore for some time," said S.M. Hunt toa naval officer who was m court. The officer said that accused had: been m the Navy for four years. Hehad once been charged with being: drunk m Napier. S.M. : That seems to have been th«: trouble this time. -