DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 116, 26 February 1937, Page 4

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

A DISTURBANCE AT RAKAIA. TWO MILL HANDS FINFjD. As it was a wet day yesterday, and harvest work was at a standstill, two employees on a mil) at Rakaia, Albert Edward Kane and John Walsh, spent the day in the township, and by the evening they had consumed a goodly portion of liquor. They were observed standing in a doorway by Constable Coatsworth, who told them they had better go home. They agreed to leave the township and hired a taxi to take them hack to Die mill, paying the fare before they started.

A short while late:.‘, there was something of a disturbance in the street near the railway station, and when Constable Coatsworth investigated, he saw Kane shadow-sparring, to the amusement of townsfolk and passengers on the express train, which was standing at the station platform.

Constable Coatsworth went to Kane and placed him under arrest, when Walsh came to the rescue of his friend and the men were lodged in the lock-up only after some difficulty, Walsh practically obstructing the representative of the law in his duty. These facts were stated by the constable in the Ashburton Magistrate s Court this morning, when Kane anti Walsh pleaded guilty to charges of having behaved in a disorderly manner iu a public place.

Each of the defendants was fined £l. Kane: Can I ask for the suppression of my name? The Magistrate: You can ask, hut I won’t allow it!