CHARGED TOO MUCH

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 571, 25 January 1929, Page 13

CHARGED TOO MUCH

PASSENGERS’ OUTBURST RAILWAYMEN INSULTED Incensed because the railway officials demanded eiglitpence excess on a piece of timber for which he had paid only two shillings, Herbert Harriman used language which resulted in his appearance at the Police Court this morning. Harriman pleaded not guilty on charges of using indecent and insulting language. That Harriman had used objectionable language to him when told what it would cost him to take the timber on the train was the contention of David McGill, a porter at the Auckland Railway Station. Witness had followed Harriman along the station and asked to whom the insulting remarks referred, and the man had used the language again. Other witnesses corroborated Mr. McGill’s story. Harriman denied that he had use* all the language mentioned in the information. He may have used a few of the words, but lie was amazed at the amount charged to carry his timber. He was sorry lie spoke as he did, though he had not spoken the second time as the porter had said. Harriman was fined £2 and costs •for using insulting language, being convicted and discharged on the major count.