IN A TRAM-CAR

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1918, Page 8

IN A TRAM-CAR

An_ ex-naval riian named John Din•woodie M'Nearnie was haled before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court this morning to explain why he had refused to leave a tram platform when requested to dt> so by the conductor, James Pearcy, and also why he had used obscene language and assaulted Pearcy. Senior-Sergeant Willis said that M'Nearnie had boarded the.car at Courtenay-place on Saturday afternoon, being then very much under the influence of liquor. He insisted on.standing on the platform, but was forcibly put inside when the car reached' Mannersstreet. When the tram reached Lamb-ton-quay, M'Nearnie made use of the language complained of, and was then ordered off the car, and the conductor went to follow up his order by putting the man off. M'Nearnie launched a counter-offensive, and struck the conductor. M'Nearnie had a good record of navaj service, and the language complained of was used in a compartment empty, except for the principals in the affray that followed. The assault was not a serious one. Defendant said he had no recollection of the occurrence beyond the fact that he was very drunk. He was fined £2, with 10s, costs, onthe charge of assault, and was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on the other charges. A prohibition order was also issued against him.