BOXING WITHOUT PERMIT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 611, 13 March 1929, Page 10

BOXING WITHOUT PERMIT

PROLOGUE TO PICTURE THEATRE MANAGER IN COURT (Special to THE SUN) WAIHI, Tuesday. When George Martinengo staged a boxing exhibition betwen two brothers as a prelude to a boxing picture in the Academy Theatre, of which he is the proprietor, he failed to procure a per* mit from an inspector of police. This morning he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court to explain his reasons for failing to get a permit. Sergeant Calwell said that he had seen an advertisement of the bout and had called on defendant to warn him that, as he hc.d not got a permit, it would be a breach of the regulations. Nevertheless, the bout, in which the boxers were aged .35 and 17, was helm Martinengo argued that the bout had only been a prologue to the picture. There was no prize money or trophy offered and it had never been intended that the boys should box seriously. 1* such things were not allowed, he one might just as well shut all theatres. Sergeant Calwell said he would not press for a penalty. Such bouts, ho** ever, were not advisable as the bo>s were not medically examined before* hand, as was done before a proper., authorised bout. Mr. F. W. Platts. S.M.. agreed tna* the case was not a serious ore. ■ would be, however, if the breach repeated. He ordered defendant pay costs.