A COSTLY KISS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 21, 23 December 1925, Page 14

A COSTLY KISS.

OLD MAN FINED £5. HE WANTED A HOUSEKEEPER. A widower, aged 63, who chose to kiss a girl without her permission was fined 4:5 by Mr H. A. Young, S.M., in the Christchurch Magistrate a Court. William Robertson, of Moa Place, for whom Mr A. J. Malley appeared, was charged with having assaulted a young woman. The young woman said that Robertson knocked at the door of her home, and sho spoke to him. Ho asked was thoro anyone desiring a position as a housekeeper. Ho said, “This is 91 King street,” and the witness replied, “Perhaps it is 91 Kingsley street. Probably my aunt wants a position.” She then asked if he would leave bis address. He gave his name as Robertson, of Moa Place. Robertson then informed the witness that ho would rather have her than her aunt. He then touched her on the shoulders and kissed her. Sho stepped back and slammed the door. Mr Malley: Didn’t he refer to your height —Yes, he said that I was about his height. Didn’t you treat it as a joke?—No. How did he kiss you ? —J ust grabbed me by the shoulders. He kissed me on the cheek, I think, like anyone else would 1 suppose. You think it was on the cheek? — Yes. I was very surprised. Was there any measuring to determine your height?—No. The sub-inspector: Did he say that he liked a big woman?—No, but he said that he liked the look of me. The magistrate: Had ho beon drinking?—No. Mr Malley: It was Sunday afternoon, sir. The magistrate: You know more about Christchurch than I do. Alfred Arthur /-'Gillies, warehouseman, said that ho'met Robertson leaving the premises. The girl was trembling and crying when he saw her at the back door. Constable J. McLennan said that Robertson in his statement set out that he was a widower, aged 63. He wont to 91 King street in answer to an advertisement. The young woman told him he was good-looking. There was talk about height, and he put a pencil on the door to measure the girl’s height. She then slammed the door and went inside. Mr Malley said that Robertson denied that he had kissed the girl. Ho had gone to 91 King street instead of to 91 Kingsley street. Robertson, in evidence, said that he wanted a housekeeper, and went to 91 King street in reply to an advertisement. He told the girl that ho wanted a tall woman, as the children would not take any notice of a short woman. He put a pencil on the door to determine the young woman’s height. She subsequently slammed the door. He did not kiss the girl. He left his address so that the girl’s aunt could call on him, or ho could be engaged by anyone seeking a gardener. The magistrate: Did she say that you wero good-looking? —I thought she was pulling my leg. • AVI’" - didn’t you kiss her?—lt was too risky. Room I.SJH was fined £5.