"A Bad Case"

NZ Truth, Issue 1263, 13 February 1930, Page 7

"A Bad Case"

I (From "N.Z. Truth's" Auck- | = land Rep.) , I | ALLEGING that a store- § 1 " keeper m Birkenhead was | | detaining personal belongings | § of his, John Slack proceeded § = to* the store*, where he found 1 | the- lady of the house m f •s charge. He proceeded to air | | his views on the alleged .con- . 5 I duct of her husband m lurid | c language. ' § I Two passers-by, who at- § I tempted to get him to desist, | = merely succeeded m extracting § J further obscenities from him, | I and eventually the presence of | I the police became necessary. § I Summoned for his language 1 1 at the Auckland Magistrate's | I Court, Slack pleaded guilty | = under provocation. i I "It is a bad case," said 1 I Senior-sergeant O'Grady, "be- 1 | cause he used it to a woman." f 1 "They owe me five months' i | wages," alleged Slack, "and, i | besides, they are detaining my | I personal belongings." . § I "You've got to learn that | % you can't use obscene lan- | I guage m public," said Mr.*F. § I K. Hunt, S.M., m fining Slack § I £2 and ordering him to pay 1 .'i costs, 30/-. I ■i■ / i H.lllllllllllllllllUllllllllllUllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll,'.