WHEN THE WINE WAS IN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1044, 7 August 1930, Page 1

WHEN THE WINE WAS IN

TROUBLE AT CHURCH SOCIAL [EXPENSIVE EVENING’S “FUN” I’rovi Our Oxen Correspondent PUKEKOIIE, Wednesday. | Unseemly behaviour on the part of i young- men at a church social in tho Bombay Hall on July 2 led to their appearance in the Pulcekohe Court this afternoon. They were James Rush and i-zaw rcnco Charles Wade, and were visitors to the district. Each was charged with disturbing an entertainment, assault, behaving in an offensive manner and using indecent language. Evidence was given by David Mitchell, a farmer, who was acting as doorkeeper, to the effect that the accused arrived at tho dance showing signs of liquor. Rush was giving some singers the “raspberry” and used bad language within tho hearing of women. "NOT A FIGHTING MAN” Asked why he did not deal with the accused there and then, witness replied that h© was not a lighting man. “He offered mo 15 three-minute rounds and commenced to take his coat off,” said witness, in referring to "Wade, who was offered his money back on condition ho left the hall. was subsequently seen offering to Tight a Bombay resident. About 31 o'clock witness heard Rush use obscene language and saw one of the management with a hold on him. “He was saying, ‘No will put m© out.’ I said, ‘l’ll give it a go.’ With the assistance of other boys wo got them out,” said witness, who denied having had “spots” with Rush earlier in the evening. “Everything would have been all right if you had not ‘man-handled’ us the way you did,” Rush addressed the doorkeeper. James Townsend, a farmer, related that Rush called girls offensive names when refused dances, and described how the pair were forcibly ejected. Wade struck Mitchell when Rush was being put out, Rush: Tho way you “man-handled” us, you. deserved a crack. Witness: You could not have done it that night. Rush: The little liquor we had would not have harmed children. “TWO BLACK CROWS”. Another farmer said Rush was sitting on one side of the hall taking off “The Two Black Crows.” * When asked to move away from the entrance to the women’s dressing-room, one of the accused commenced to play a mouth-organ in the hall. Rush offered to give witness 15 rounds. A looker-on stated he saw Wade strike tho doorkeeper. “I can’t understand why the people did not deal with y-ou earlier in the evening.” said Mr. F. H. Levien, 3.M., to Wade. Wade: I think it was the fault of the drink. The doorkeeper, Mitchell, was drinking with us out of the same bottle. Continuing, the Bench said the accused had sufficient liquor to make them pugnacious and to loosen the flow of disgusting language. The assault charge against Rush was dismissed.

On the charge of disturbing the entertainment each was convicted and ordered to pay .Cl 7s costs; convicted and discharged for offensive behaviour, and each fined £5, with £2 5s 3d costs, for indecent language. For assault, Wade was fined £2. with 10s 6d costs.