ARGUMENT AT PIE-CART
INSULTING REMARKS REGARDING UNIFORM MAN SENT TO GAOL [United Press Association] DUNEDIN, This Day. In the Police Court James Machen was sentenced to a month’s gaol for assaulting an aircraftman in uniform. The police stated that an argument arose at a pie-cart between accused and an artilleryman in uniform. It was alleged that either accused or a companion used insulting language regarding the artilleryman being in uniform. The aircraftman intervened and was struck by accused bn the lips which had to be stitched. The Magistrate Mr Bundle said it had been proved that accused made insulting remarks concerning the wearing of the uniform and he would impose the maximum penalty.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 9 December 1940, Page 6
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