TIMARU ROWDIES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3484, 12 May 1920, Page 7

TIMARU ROWDIES.

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(_)n‘b'atllprLl:Ly nigh‘r_, f\'pril 17th, the shop windows of three Chinese fruiters, were sin-.1sl1e(l in by, or in the presence of, :1 CUllSiCiCl'(ll)l@ crowd. and inuclz <lz1111:1g<.' was Llom'wiillintwo of the sliops. 'l‘hc~action was ’c':lVoured by dzul-Im-.~:.~‘, there being no street lights, owing‘ to the electric light plant l‘)eimg"ollt of order. Foul"ymllig men and three boys {lppL‘:ll'C(l on several charges :ll'iSil]g‘ out of the zl'll’uir. The mon~—.\nlhony Howley, Henry >;‘»h:lw, Keiineth l\’o\vl:'Ll{(ls, and David j\.llll:ll'—~\\*L-I'9 first cllal'go<l with wilful Ll:1l1l{1g'(‘, ('stiln:ltcd zit £156 3/6. to the shop of Willie Young and Co.; with tlirowing inissilos to lhc (l:1ngor of the pul')li<’-; and with rlm‘:liening

buh:LV.iour with in‘rCll{-. to «::lu.<u LL breach of the po:1<:r-. }l()'.\’lr*_\' \-ms also r:]l:l’l‘g'e«l with :r;<.~‘alllt' of mu‘ M" the C‘ni11:11n(>1:. On 2110 :I]:]»liru£iu’rl ml‘ vu:lh.<cl for do{'undz:xll‘.~:, the <'h:l"gn‘:~‘ \\‘r-re taken sopul‘:ltcly zrgainzst each «‘lot'cnd:mt'. and the case :1-g':hrill>'t H.o\\‘lo_\' was first taken. A Clrim-so interpreter from Welliug'(’on :u.s.s'ist«‘Ll the Court. The :I')l'iJlCl}_’)Ll] \\'ii‘lless(‘S were two women custolllel's, who deposed that 'Howloy strartcd the d'ls*.urb:3.nce by pulling over -.1 bag of onions at; the door, and ‘(hat the othor.< then threw the onions at the Chin:l.nlell who went, out to pick thenrup. At the window stones wore‘ also thrown, breaking the win~ dow. There was no distfil“ba.lice ‘till the onions’were pulled 0931-,"'sofn73‘one having tied :1. string to the bag for the purpose. '

Howley was comnlittcd for trial, tail, bail being fixed at £25. The case against Shaw was dismissed withou"£ prejudice on an alibi. The other czlsc-s were :Idjmn'n(‘d fill Tllllrsdzly.