A MAORI’S OUTBREAK.
EXCITEMENT AT RAILWAY STATION. AUCKLAND, December 1. A Maori, Patrick Tait, aged 26', who caused excitement at the railway station last evening, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to charges of drunkenness and using obscene language. “He was drunk, and apparently suddenly became mad,” said Sub-Inspec-tor j. Fox. “He ran along the station, frightened the crowd of people, and then into the bookstall, where he frightened the young lady assistants. The police were called and found Tait being held down by two porters. He gave trouble until lodged in a padded cell. He has never been in trouble before, and seems a decent chap when sober.”
Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., fined Tait 10s for drunkenness and convicted him on the other charge, and ordered him to come up for sentence ijr called on within six months. Tait was also ordered to take out a prohibition order.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 45, 2 December 1938, Page 8
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