STRAIGHT-OUT FIGHT
COMBATANTS GIVEN CHANCE LIBERTY FOR NEW YEAR “It was a straight-out drunken fight,” remarked Sub-Inspector McCarthy, at the Police Court this morning, when William Andreyv Sommervilfer and Eric Draper pleaded guilty to fighting in Victoria Street. "A paddock is the best place for that sort, of thing,” said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M. Draper, who bore decided marks of the conflict, including a black eye, was described as a fisherman, aged 25, and Sommerville as a seaman, aged 26. The sub-inspector added that both men had long lists of previous convictions, and fines of £1 were imposed. Accused asked for time to pay, explaining that they wanted to get away on boats. “It might be worth the loss of the fines to get rid of them,” said the sub-inspector. “I don’t want to lock them up for New Year,” said the magistrate. The fines were repealed, and both men were ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. “If you come up again you will get a double dose,” was the magistrate’s warning as the accused left the dock.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 859, 31 December 1929, Page 1
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