KISS SAVED HIM
ON WAY TO PRISON VERY HUMAN MAGISTRATE A kiss from his wife saved a man in Hull going to prison. William Arthur Altoft, a dock worker, was being taken from Hull police court to the cells, having been sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for assaulting an officer of the Unemployment Assistance Board, when his wife went up to him and kissed him. The magistrate, Mr. J. K. Maedonald, saw the incident, and Mrs. Altoft was called into the witness box. " What sort of a chap is he?" asked Mr. Macdona Id.
" One of the best," replied tho wife. " You have kept him out of prison," said tho magistrate. " 1 saw you kiss him. I can't stand that, I tell you frankly." Tho s<*litence was cancelled and a fine of £1 imposed. Mrs. Altoft said that she would pay this at tho rate of 2s a week.
The prosecution had stated during the hearing that the assault was committed when Altoft's" application for assistance Mas refused. Altoft snjd that the officer did not seem to be paying any attention to what he was saying and that put him in a bad temper. He was not bothering about himself, but his wife and child at home. They had had nothing for three days.
Husband and wife left the court together.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22949, 29 January 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)
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