DUNEDIN CHARGES.
TEN MEN BEFORE THE COURT POLICE GIVE EVIDENCE. "CROWD PUNCHING WITH FISTS" (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. As an aftermath of the recent unemployed demonstrations and baton charge by police on April 11, charges of inciting to lawlessness were heard against eight men in the Magistrate's Court to-day, and two men were charged with encouraging disorder. Sergeant Wade stated in evidence that ho warned the leader that he would be held responsible for interference with traffic outside the Town Hall. The crowd sang revolutionary songs and there was general disorder. The crowd then adjourned to the Hospital Board offices, when the leader demanded food and money orders. The crowd was unruly, nien punching with their fists and boring with their heads. They pushed the police against the wall. The police had no alternative but to draw their batons. The crowd was dispersed, only demonstrators being dealt with by the police.
Witness said lie was butted in the stomach and punched four times, while stones struck the building above them. The rush was sudden, but dispersal was just as quick, the demonstrators running away, one man being injured. The hearing is proceeding and evidence is to be called for the defence.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 93, 20 April 1932, Page 9
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