COURTS AND OFFENCES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 14 June 1928, Page 5

COURTS AND OFFENCES.

WOMEN INSULTED. (By Tolr-graph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 12. Maurice Tangney, aged 32 years, was charged with assaulting two women in the street by spitting in their faces. One young woman said Tangney made a rude remark and then spat in her face. The other young woman said Tangney hissed at her. but did not spit. Tangney said he did not spit on the women; but merely‘hissed tio' attract their attention. ■Air Hunt, S.AI., sentenced accused to two months’ imprisonment on each charge the sentences to he cumulativelie said to Tangney ; “Eight or ninja yeans ago I gave you six months’ imprisonment in Wellington for a similar offence. Oil that occasion you were stopping anil accosting women in the street. ’ ’ AN UNUSUAL PROSECUTION'. CHRISTCHURCH, June 13. Ain unusual prosecution was conducted by the Labour Department in the Magistrate's Court here to-day. William Brian was charged that ora. December 13, 1027, at Southbridge, be pretended to be am inspector for the Labour Department. Evidence was that a man called: at a Southbridge hotel on that date representing himself as am inspector. Ho interviewed the staff regarding 'grievances as to wages, overtime and hours of work. They had grievances, but he told them that they were well .treated and were obtaining all the wages to Which they were entitled, and. that they should hold on to their jobs. It was suggested by the prosecution that the man did this to help the licensee, who, it was said, was committing ebvious breaches of the award. Other evidence was to the effect that the bogus inspector was Brian. The case was dismissed because the proceedings had 1 been instituted too late, five months after the offence, while the legal limit was three months. Counsel for Brian stated, however, that he had witnesses to prove Brian was not the bogus inspector.