Fracas Outside Hotel
A fracas outside a Lyttelton hotel resulted in three seamen appearing before Messrs J. B. Collett and L. Shuker Justices of the Peace, in the Lyttelton magistrate’s court.
Charged with fighting in a public place, James Edward Sawden, aged 18, and Thomas Christopher Brennan, aged 26, were each fined £2.
Roland George Hill, aged 24. was fined £2 10s for obstructing the police, £5 for resisting arrest, and £5 for wilful damage to police property. He was ordered to pay £6 Is 6d restitution. AU pleaded guilty.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30737, 29 April 1965, Page 7
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90Fracas Outside Hotel Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30737, 29 April 1965, Page 7
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