"MOVE ON!"

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 5

"MOVE ON!"

PREAQPR. AND POLICEMAN ; • AYHO BROUGHT THE CRO^D? (Ijl Cpßl}ESf , p?.REf(f.r Qunedin, September 25. A rather upepmmon 'case'camg bgfore Mr. Widdowsqu, S.M., this morning. Dauioj Brans "wp charged that by" pfeqehiiig hp cause;! an assemblage of people, wpioh' obstructed tho street. Accused, an plderjy labourer, pleaded iiot guilty. \ Sub-Ipspector Nonfood said tliat v pepplq in the vicinity of Moray Place had cp'mpla%4 _of 'tlii' nuisance; caused by strq'et Obstruction, and .tho noise which - went on piiring jprqacfipig near by. Op the Sunday night in flpestip'n (Septembef 13) Sergeant O'Grady went jq one of tkese ; mpn and'told Jiim to move on, and that man did. But tho present -.lofqiulant refused, to g'q. The fqptpat|i \yag backed so that the' public could nqt get past, and ha'i to take-to. tho'road, x " ' , Sergt.* Q'Clrady gave evidence of having spoken to defendant, who refusod to' goj saying that hp \vas a ratepayer, and woulc{ stop in defiance pf the law. Tho Sub-Inspectpf: "What yas ne preaching? Thp G®j)el? Socialism?" Tho Sergeant: "I could not. say. It was a miitliro."' • . ~ Defendant: "Did I preach after you told me'?""" ■ "Well, I took it to bo preaching.' "Where wore you? 1 ' , ■ "Outside the crowd." ; "Then you could not know if it was me that wont on?" ■ ; '•Well. I took it to be you.' l Defendant:''' The crowd was not therewithme. You brought the qo.wd ypu. ' Sub-Inspector! ilWhat'l were you preaching to yourself? l ' ' Constable Brown said that ho was almost sure that defendant was tho man who preached after he was spoken to. He could jjUji spp defendant for the crowd, but was 'pertain "that it tf#s fie, frecause fia the (inly' preacher there. Mr.' Witl3pvson: "Qli,*hp. Therewas a reserve force of twelve there apparently-" . ' : THo' Sub-Inspeptor; "They ffejft vocalists, ?nay|)p." Defendant gave evidence denying that hp spoke at all after the sergeant' warned him Prior to that' he was pfea'ohipg there—giv ; ipg testimony o'r whatever tljey l called it. : "You were preaching there antf ..an .pbstruetipp, wefen i ypp?" "• ■ Defendant: "No; there was only twenty or thirty tjipre.'- Tlio rest pf tho crpwd was folW'jng Jfe , fipgh Briiae said "li>t pefendfint not say a word" iifter-' he warneil. It was ijiien the jiplice pftmo tl(at tl\o crowd gathpfed'to see wh.st ra liapnwiugi ' Rat e said - that tlio - sergeant did speak tP .95 thpy .paW bjm. fiDftnipl 1 ' di' 4 npf;' speak a word after tjie sergeant sppke tp bffl. Anther preachermiQ ''Wiip was this P." I obliged to answer that ? Aip l houpd tq gjyo that in the course of jiistiper" f 'Ne., I Spn't thisk yovj ! ' ■ ■ Defendant stood in tlio body of the Gpurt apd beclconed ti his witnessßS, pf whom lic\ had a shoal, tjll Mr, Wi#lTOW W fljffl * u u Mr. AYi"4nwspn announced that ge would giV9'j?iHepisioi\ pn THPMBJ?§S:.,.