Oh! If You Knew Susan –

NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 11

Oh! If You Knew Susan -

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.)

WITHOUT even so much as "Mind your eye," Susan Muldoon blew " her brandy breath into the face of a policeman. The man claims that she showed a feline trait and expectorated — actually m his face. He was surprised, and. so was the Auckland court when he told his tale against Susan, Who was charged with assault. The woman's counsel denied that she had intended to expectorate m the policeman's face. . ' "It is not a thing an Englishwoman would do," he said. "But she is Irish," remarked Magistrate Hunt. Minnie Cowan, who gave evidence for the prosecution, said that she was defendant's cook, and on the day of the assault on the policeman Mrs. Muldoon had thumped her, and then told her to go. Minnie went, but she returned for her belongings, and this time was accompanied by the. policeman. She saw defendant offend against the policeman. When Susan herself entered the witness-box she admitted that she had dismissed, her cook. She had ten boarders, she said, and had been suffering from an illness' for a fortnight. When the S.M. asked her if she took drink, she admitted that she had had some brandy because of her illness. S.M.: That's the trouble. The uniform of the constable must be respected by the community. Fined £3, m default seven days.