PENALTY OF GALLANTRY
MAN WHO INTERFERED FINED £2
Actuated by what was described as a mistaken sense of chivalry, James Bruce Robinson, aged 35, obstructed a constable who was arresting a woman in Symonds Street last evening and as a result appeared in the Police Court this morning. Constable Solly said that he was arresting a woman who was creating a disturbance in Symonds Street, when Robinson interfered. Witness said he asked him to get a taxi, but Robinson refused, calling out: “You are not going to take her! Let her alone!” Another constable, who was attracted to the scene by the noise of the crowd, told Robinson to go home, but was disregarded and as he turned to help Constable Solly to put the woman in a faxi, Robinson struck at him. “His good nature outweighed his better judgment,” said Mr. Alan Moody, who appeared for Robinson. “It was more stupidity than any desire to obstruct the police.” Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., said that he regarded such cases usually as quite serious, but agreed that in Robinson’s case there were certain extenuating circumstances. A fine of £ 2 was imposed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 414, 24 July 1928, Page 1
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