FINED FOR ASSAULT
MAGISTRATE ISSUES WARNING
HAMILTON, Friday.
"Young women doing men's work in wartime must be protected, and I give a warning that future offenders will be sent to prison," said Mr. W H. Freeman, S.M., in Hamilton, when imposing a fine of £5 on Wiliam Andrew Blair, aged 36, clerk (Mr. Adams), for assaulting a girl of 16. Accused denied the charge.
Evidence was given that accused made a business call at the garage at which the girl was employed. He put his arm round her and made an improper suggestion.
The magistrate said he did not believe accused's version of the incident, and he did not think much of the woman witness who had previously employed the girl and the efforts made to besmirch the girl'r character.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 114, 16 May 1942, Page 8
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