“HELLO, KID!”
MISTAKEN IDENTITY? GREETING COSTS £2 Smacking a strange woman on the back and whispering a remark cost Charles John Milne, a middleaged man, £2 at the Police Court this morning. The young woman told the court this morning that she was coming out of a drapery store in Karangahape Road when she felt someone strike her on the back in an offensively familiar manner. She turned and accused smiled at her several times in a cheeky manner, so she called a constable. A friend of complainant who was with her at the time, substantiated the story already told, adding that, when Milne struck her friend, he said it was nice to see a good figure. “I thought she was an old friend,” said Milne, “so I tapped her on the shoulder, and said, ‘Hello, Kid;’ As to slapping her on .the back, I stumbled, my bad leg slipping on the curb, and put out my hand to save mysejf.” Constable Wilson was of the opinion that Milne had disposed of a few drinks before the cheery greeting took place. “You had too much drink,” said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in recording a conviction. “Can you pay a £2 fine? I don’t want to send you to gaol.” Milne: I can get the money to-day.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 474, 2 October 1928, Page 1
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