SHORTLAND STREET SCUFFLE

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 153, 29 June 1914, Page 6

SHORTLAND STREET SCUFFLE

, ! disorderly blttejackets. .; delivi;rp:i) for xaval teeatmext. [\ comptaixt of police vlgocu. . ! The onteome of the conflict in Shorti | land >treet on Saturday mnrninc I i.between bluejackets and police that ■ four bluejackets, W. F. Rrown (24), I .•jWm. Sauniiers rill, l-'redcrick Milan j i i-24i and dames Keini-' )2.;\ were] = | ebar.i;,.! before Mr. K. C. Cutten. 5..M.. -.ttith l-di-.T di-ordcrly while drunk, i unifornn and ol.etruelina the ' polio. Saunders was also charged with I having a-saultel s,-|ocant .Matthew - j I'and Milan Willi bavin- used obscene I i j HOW IT AUO<E. , ■ < oli-tabb- Clark said that about a i|iiarter to eight in the morning the I .four sailors were in Queen sin?-j .. in::, and \v';tnei«s narnerl Hieni to p-i j i'l'iielly to their ship, hut they refused I and continued on their wav At the i foot of Swanson Street 'Brown tell down, mil wiine-6 went a«ain to themaud warned fhoni whereupon they 0,.t ! v Ist.V and one of them jostled him.'They , .went aero-- to Swanson .street, and he I j "out to arre-t Hrovv n. and !,,■ o ot a blow j "ii (lie head from beliiiul. -while |.',. n ,!0 ! trio,! t,, pull llrowu away. A \ ar ,,» I | crow.l not ro'.in ]. an,! some of the mem- j | "Cl- of it incited tlie men to re-,-i. Ser- | | -:e nit Matthews and (unstable A. Smith | , j came to b.s assistance, and lie sot llrowu j ■ : "i a cab and drove away. In the cab . ! liro.v't started to struyjile ao.iin an 1 , jl.-re wit;,,.--- mackintosh cape. During . tut- -l nii-b- mi tlie crowd on.- of the men ti'.od to kick him in a vital p.m. . To the ,-iil,-i,,-p0.,0i-: 11,-' warned the . mi to bo ,|itict Hrst on tho Wait-mat., t 1 otel comer. At .-.van-on .-street one of . j tne men told hi m t,-, o 0 about hi- bu-i-Ine-s on he would smash hi- head. i BECOMES A MELEE. - j S.-rpe..:,, Matthew* -aid !„- and < ,„,- -- stable Smith went ;„ Constable ( iark"- | a-ssi-tanec. attracted by i!,,. si"ht '!'"' lil '' crowd. and' ;,,; bold I" 1 . " ,: " of them. v.],cm (kirk 'said Kirnie was tiie wor.-t -~ 1,,, ■•„■ :,''"• I of l-,r, ,:, I- ,-„.,. ~-. .„ lh f J. ;; ' path, and while witness wa- boldina him. | _;Smi, idols jot behind a civilian win, was I ! |in the crow,!. „nd -truck witness on the 'iliose. \\ in,,— did „nt think tlie blow j would have lieon struck if it bad not ibeen for incitement from the crowd ! l onstabie Smith -aye similar evidence. ■JFl.itins that l-'crnio. Saunder,-. and Milan I ' I appeared to l„- all trying t,, 2-t llrowu : | away from Constable Clark whoti hoi ca:ne on the scene, 'j Constable McKay -aid thr,: be vv.isl ' summoned to the scene from tile police! _ station, an.l he took hold of >ailllde'| . wh-,i Milan jumped on w it „0.--c- - ba.s. nml l onstable Lane hid io p„l| hi,,, „ll'. I Tiie two , stables then tried to fore • j _, their way ihrouiili the -row,l. with their I I pri-orei-. and had considerable trouble, j .[The (lap of hi- uniform was torn ft'.vav in th • si ru.i.'j.'le. . Constable Wil-un -aid he came l.re . on ibo n-ciio. an I heard Saunder* iisins obscene and this w.is corroborate! by CousCiblo M. Power. , i 0r.,<l a hi cs Martin. Tobin and llaiiisj. worth in,- corroborative evidence. , j "Why did \ou trip mc up and throw , nip on my face-.-" a.-ked Saunders of , |( unstable Tobin- -Your Worship. ],» , broke my frrip twice, arid 1 fjot him .land wo b-itli foil to the ground, with him , ! undornealh." TIIK <All.(lßs CllMl'f.AlX. I Brown admitted that be was drunk. 'but could not remember damafrini the ''con-table's ,:,, i ,r, j '' I Saunders admitted obstructinc Ci.it-l-tal'-i.e Clark, but ,-aid he didn't strike: ''the Set'oeant a straight -out blow, l'noiijh 'lie miulit have hit him in the siru.'jl-. '[lie coitip! lined that when be was put in! ' j 11n- cells he wa- struck on ihe mouth. ! •"'but could not -cc vvh.r constable hit 'j Milan denied usinc ob-eciio l.iii-ua.ire. ''and complained tint ho wi- strnk in J 'the fa,.- by a policeman vv it "limit provo-. 1 i cation. ' | l-'crnie slid that he an 1 the three I lolher bluejackets were join:; from the I Waiicinata Hotel corner to lake P.rown. j ( : who was drunk, lo the -hip. The con- I I [stable came Moil™ and interfered, but let j them 2') until they 'jot to the postolliee. vvlien the constable hit Milan on the eye. and -.here was a scuffle. TOOK TULIR SI.MBERs. Milan sad he vv'shea ;., cal il a wit. iii.-s and called a civilian named Plielan. wh, was al.-o with ~lvs; nu-ting i the pol.ee. Milan said ho wauled t'hit. ' witllfSß to give bis vert-ion of the affair. " I Plielan stand by .in; imatini: that he • j wa.- , ! no sectarian religion. <>Nt was informed 'hat the ordinary oath also was - ; u.'lsr, tariaa. si lh.lt he need have no ■ h:fitatiiit abiut taking it in tho usual .way. die slid ho was a school ievher ' in; Rtiakura. near Waitomo Caves, and - ii-amc ;,, ;-r.vi, on Saturday mornin™ to ■ i attend .la.—iv. He ~'*.rr\r,| four sailers 1 alonj l.,)iieen sitree:, an! tiiey i -taned -.-mcm.c. a.s sailors often did. ■ June of tiiem tripped an.l fell, evidenily ' -havinjr had a little to much dr:nk. when 'a cor..-.able ran across the s; root to him and handled him roughly, and then hit another one in the eye. The sailors wen' along and wittiest-; a,-,-,>;c,l the ! .-or.-tablo and jotted down his number. Witness wen* very minutely into his .further movements. thai. be ! met -,hree o;hrr policemen and jotted down their numbers', and s i vv a. moCr-,-ar coins away with policemen in i; and jolted down its number also, -iLaughter, i FI.CNi; DOWN" Till". STBPS. 'lie af-torvvai-u'is called a; the police siaton. 1.,- -.-id. for it-format on. and said : he had i vi.lcnee to civ,. He wa,. a-kod ( if i'- woie for ~:• ugain.-l the pilice. and I ou I', pl.v njf lh.i. hi- w '.aid put it in a jwr.-.en -ialSoul. In- was dung down , -h" .-.;-. Ai-.e. ,var.!-. he was locked 1 ii "'i -i chars ' "■ ' *:i.';;',oii. and k-pi in ,-us.o.lv all day until -bailed ! On viui:.lns' applicat; ,n mother wit- : '"- -. '•• A. P-akin. ,vii„ w.n- a !so ~'i.i-,0-.l with ~-os-,iii.-ti,,n. wa,- called. , .lad he .-all be saw a constable trip "-' -'"'"dors r,.,V,!y ~„ the bluejacket j ■■ vv.:- rnii-im- up ;!,.. >:,„:-.: i nad -re,-; j-''-"- ''I - 'li' n..i I -. he said, that h.,u,1.!,.s ha,! ~-„ under arr.st and 1,.„1 I brokn away fun cislody vviien lo- vv,„ i I'ui.i; i: \ i ici'i: .ii^tifikl) Hs W .:-..::, said ;i,.,- ;i„. „-.,.,, ~, -. ! - ;iil iKore or h-s drunk, and the :'/- T , that they =.iid a:i.l tUongh: they «-e- f I . gong from t.i» \\ aiiemat-i eoruer ;', 'he . *hip ~'>ip:i as a ntr.ter of f ao; - t 1 . were ? o.ng the other way. rtfeo-iira'tM ' ■ :'.;?:r evidonee cfvr.eidera.b'.y. The so-, j - that the poli-e were rctu& vv ~< I . a ennipk.mrn- 1 1 the v : £r o ;, r 0 -" the lib,., | ■ i?--k,"s. -.-i-. a pparpro !•,- -.xcr ,- r >~..] ! iv»; s . r , l -l cinildiMrt to'handk, a- I -he I i_rouga trsaiaie|: ixasc out ol -he

■strenuous: resistance. All but Brown I would be convicted of obstructing: wlide Milan would also be convicted ot" »»ing .ibsa-one language. Kern> of disorderly conduct, and Saunders of damaging a helm.-:, llrowu would be convicted ol being disorderly while drunk and damaTine a cape. They w'Oitld all be 'handed over'io tiie naval' officers for punishment. <; \. Pe,-kin. 1.121. a civilian who admitted ...,.-triic-.i.>:i by getting wilfully :i tbe way. war- fined 40/. Tiie charge atraru-l Ernest O. rhekin. vvhi.-ii is defended, will be Ukcn this i)XI., HiKEII IX TROrBLE. CHAIK-HO WITH OBSTRUCTION. Erne-t (Idiot Piielan, a.ired 23, described I,s a s ho,,] teacher from Ruakun. \\ .11Itcniii Caves, pleaded "Xot guilty" when .Jriioed witii having on Saturday last cbstnicl'.l Constable David Clark in the execution if his duty. Mr. J. R. Reed. K.i a'uicarc i for tbe accused. Senior isei'ean't Rutledge prosecuted. j 'nil. change arose, out of tile arrest ol I the three'.-ailm-s in Sbortland Street. ! i oi,-,ablo I lark said that accused Tli-hcl between him and bL- prisoner, •md s,id more than once: "Let the -ailni- ah ne; they will go down to their : -i,i,," \ ,i,s, 1 also caught witness by tiie arm and broke the hold he had e.n jone of the -ailors who was being nr- | rested Witness did not see any more i,,f I'ho'an untii tho latter went up to I the police Million. i In an-wer to Mr. Reed, the constable -aid he hal no recollection of striking 'iv:,- ~l" t':"- sailor- in the face. Tiie mail Imnv hay ■ been -truck. I Mr. Hoed: I suggest that you struck i bin- deliberately. ! Wiine-s: 1 have no recollection ot ! having done -o. _ , j Th.- oa.-o was proceeding wncn t.n ■■stai" went lo press.