BREACH OF THE PEACE

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 154, 2 July 1917, Page 8

BREACH OF THE PEACE

A YOUNG MAN FINED

Tiie rights and wrongs oEa disturbance which occurred in town on .Saturday night'were threshed out before |Mr F. o*B. Loughnan, S.M., this morning. A young European, named Jack' Lewis, and a Chinaman named Charlie Chick, were charged on the information of Constable Quay le with having used threatening language whereby a breach of the- peace was occasioned. Both pleaded not guilty. Mr C. H. Mills appeared for Chick". The story believed hy the Magistrate was the one told by the Chinaman. This defendant said that 'he v;as walking along the path in Alfred Street with W. Zimmerman,-and was in the vicinity of the Literary Institute when lie was accosted, by Jack Lewis, who was one of a party of six young fellows. Lewis "threw'off" at IV!", I. ral,in X him- an adjectival ■MChuiky." Chick hvho is a young man) turned and asked: "What for' you _ use that language to me?" '■'Lewis threatened to punch him. The Chinam-.m hit at the European and missed him. and a brief interchange oi blows followed. Peters, a more juvenile member .of Lewis's company also made to attack Chick, but, said the latter; "I took no notice of him." the Chinaman walked off, and had gone a few yards when Lewis assaulted him and knocked him down. Chick got up. and running after Lewis held him until the police arrived. ' Giving evidence, Chick said that lie had had no previous acquaintance with Lewis; he. did not know him from "a bar of soap." Evidenco was ?;r P n by Zimmerman. J.et.-j.s, and Louis.

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!ft-ft said 'it appealed i.sjU; :,_w.s used some abusive and insult.ng hugimge to Chick. There was considerable conflict of evidence' but the story told by Chick was mS

reasonable than the version given by Lewis." and Peters. He diofnot believe Peters's evidence that Chick hit Lewis when the latter had his hands in his pockets This was one of the ca.es m which a certain cla=s of young fellow thought it was quite j.. maD ] y ai ,d proper thing to "throw o ff" at a (Jhinaman. They despised the Chinaman, and thought they could say what the y liked to him Lewis wou]d fe con 4 ted J ™Jj £1 with i3s cosfcs T} ™* Chick would be dismissed. "