FIGHTING IN STREET
WESTFI ELD DISPUTE ECHO UNIONIST FINED £3 A case arising out of the recent industrial dispute at the Westfield freezing workn came before Mr. F. H. Levien in the Onehunga Police Court yesterday, in which George M. Manning, a unionist, was charged with using obscene language and fighting, and Arthur Samuel McCracken, a free labourer, with fighting. Manning pleaded not guilty and McCracken's plea was guilty under provocation.
The evidence showed that on the afternoon of January 13, outside the Club Hotel;' Onehunga, Manning accosted McCracken, who admitted being a free labourer at Westfield, whereupon Manning used the words complained of. Later, in the evening, as McCfacken was on his way to the pictures in company with his wife, he came upon Manning and several of his mates in Queen Street, Onehunga, when Manning again made use of insulting language. As Manning came forward in a threatening attitude, McCracken struck him and inj the subsequent scuffle Manning fell and broke his arm.
Mrs. McCracken gave corroborative evidence, saying that Manning had abused her husband for being a free labourer. ; Constable W. A. Bathie said that Manning. had refused to make a formal statement. He admitted that he had been fighting, but denied having made use of the language. A female witness said that she saw McCracken strike Manning, but heard no offensive language, although she was only a few yards distant. J; Stedman said that Manning's remarks were not directed to McCracken. He was merely talking to his mates. The magistrate said that after making due allowance for any annoyance Manning and his mates might feel on account, of the Westfield trouble, he had no right to .insult McCracken in the presence of his wife, and he fully deserved what he got. He was convicted and fined 30m for each offence; in addition to witnesses' expenses amounting to £4 10s. Pie was allowed two months in which to pay. The charge against McCracken was dismissed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21398, 24 January 1933, Page 12
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