DISORDERLY YOUTHS

Evening Post, Issue 60, 11 March 1936, Page 13

DISORDERLY YOUTHS

YOUNG LADIES ANNOYED

VENTILATION IN COURT

The behaviour of a party of youths at Eastbourne in the early hours of the morning of February 23, and similar behaviour on the part of another party, led by a member of the previous party, in the evening of the same day, led to their appearance in the Petone Court today before Mr. H. P. Lawry, S.M., charged with. behaving in> a disorderly manner in view of Rona Street.. The youths were Louis Edward Burrell, Charles Leonard Crooks,, George Otho England, Alvan Vfalter Gibbons, William Charles John Heraud, l£eith Walter Johns, Stanley Douglas Morgan, Lawrence Daniel Murphy, and Alan Patrick Ramsay.

Mr. P. K. Bryan appeared for Burrell, Morgan, arid England; and Mr. W. P.' Coles for Crooks' and Johns. ' '■'■' '■'[

Pleas of guilty were entered in all cases

Senior-Sergeant G. Sivyer stated that two1 "parties were concerned in the case." ■ The first- party consisted of Johns,' Morgan, Burrell; Crooks, Gibbons, and England; arid the second party of Johns, Murphy, Ramsay, and Heraiid.' The' offences occurred outside a house occupied by three single ladies. There - had been a party at Johns's house, land at 2 a.m. the first party went to the young ladies' residence, knocked on the door, creating a disturbance, went to the meat safe, threw about some beans they took from there, and rattled a "billy." The ladies left by a back window and spent the night on the verandah of a nearby house. -At 9 o'clock on the 'same evening Johns led the second party back. They whistled, knocked on the door, and looked through the windows. The ladies went for a constable. The youths ran away, but the constable caught one of them. Mr. Coles stated that the 21st birthday party of Johns's sister had been held that evening. After the party Johns took some ol the youths up to the girls' residence. They had had some drink. He thought he had received sdrne encouragement from the girls, but there: was no truth in this. The house was right on the street- The youths afterwards realised how silly they were, but Johns could not have realised, how serious it was, for he led a second party back. It was a boyish prank of which they were ashamed./

Mr. Bryan said his clients were from Upper Hutt. Johns iook them to. the-girls' house, but when they realised he did not know them they left. They called on the girls to make amends,- but it was too late. They were all from good homes and ashamed of what had taken place.

The senior-sergeant said that apart from this episode they were all decent youths from good homes. . Johns was fined £3 and the other youths £2 each.