"BESETTING" CHARGES FAIL.
» BLACKBALL RESIDENTS. ' CONVICTIONS IN OTHER CASES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GREYMOUTH, this clay. In connection with the recent Blackball demonstration, Mr.. Meklrum, S.M., to-day dismissed charges of "besetting" against Blackball" residents, but convicted several miners on charges of stonethrowing, and three women and two men of using insulting language. He imposed fines of £2 and costs on the. first charge, and £1 and costs on the second, in default seven days' imprisonment. • The police gave notice of appeal against the decision in the "bescjttjing" charges.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 11
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87"BESETTING" CHARGES FAIL. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 11
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