SOLDIERS INSULTED
SERIOUS CHARGE COULD BE BROUGHT [United Press Association] DUNEDIN, This Day. “If the police could sheet home an offence against these individuals who insult these men and the King's uniform it would be a most serious matter for them,” said the Magistrate, Mr Bartholomew, when it was stated in the Police Court that there were certain individuals who threw off at soldiers in uniform when off duty. The comment arose when two soldiers were charged with assault and indecent language. The police stated that the men were at a piecart when they were insulted by a man who threw off at them for being in uniform. There were hoodlums about the streets who frequently threw off at soldiers. The men’s officer told the court he had been twice insulted himself. The Magistrate. dismissing the charges, suppressed defendants’ names.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 3 December 1940, Page 6
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