DANCE DISTURBANCE
INVITATION TO FIGHT MAORI FINED FOR ASSAULT "I protected myself by getting in first," said Jrjhn Robb, gymnasium instructor, giving evidence in the Police Court yesterday, in a case in which Robert Ruka, a Maori, aged 27, was charged with assaulting him on Saturday night.
Robb said he was master of ceremonies at a dance in the Trades Hall, when accused came in drunk and wanted to fight. Witness said he would fight in his gymnasium, but accused refused the invitation. When witness hit him accused grasped his legs, so witness threw him with a headlock.
"Apparently he did not 'get one in' at all," said the magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., who asked accused if he had anything to eay. "He hit me first," said accused. "A good thing, too," replied tho magistrate. "You were drunk and making a nuisance of yourself at the dance. ' A fine of 40s and costs, in default three days' imprisonment, was imposed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22951, 1 February 1938, Page 16
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