RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT
THIS DAY. (Before W. Fraser, Esq., E.M.)
BAD LANGUAGE.
Mary Ann Winepress and Mary Gallagher were charged; that they did use abusive and insulting language towards each other in a public place, to wit, Queen street, Thames, whereby a breach of the peace might have been occasioned, on the 21st November. ■ ;,. Defendants' pleaded guilty. The woman Winepress said they were having a bit of a round. & Mr Bullen said the offence was committed on Sunday evening last as the public were going: from evening worship. The language used was of a most disgusting nature. There were previous convictions against Winepress, but nothing against the other defendant. The woman Gallagher pleaded tearfully to be forgiven. She said she was a poor lone woman, with no one to look after I her. ' '■ Gallagher was fined 20s, or three days \ imprisonment, and defendant Winepress was (fined 40s, or seven days' imprisonment. | The Court adjourned. |
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2150, 24 November 1875, Page 2
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