OBSCENE LANGUAGE.
USED IN TRAMCAH. i GREEK SEXT TO GAOL. "Jlv English is bad and it could easily be confused with obscene language."' said Otto Jabo, a Greek., who, at the Police Court to-day, denied a charge of using obscene language in Parnell Road on January '■'<). The evidence was that a dispute arose between the conductor of a tram and Jabo over some change. Jabo used bad language in the tram and also when he alighted. There were a number of ladies in the car who heard the obscene expressions. "You have made your case a lot worse by talking so much in the witness-box and telling me lies," Jabo was told by the magistrate, Mr. Wyvern Wilson. "Your English is quite good. You used filthy language in a tramcar in a confined space in the presence of ladies who could not get away from it. Tills is not a case for a fine. Seven days' imprisonment!"'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 62, 14 March 1930, Page 7
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