THREE MONTHS IN GAOL
RESISTED THE POLICE [BY TELEGRAPH OWN* CORRESPONDENT] TAIHAPE. Monday A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed 011 Jaines William Hurst-, of Waiouru military camp, "who appeared in the Taihape Police Court before justices for resisting and obstructing the police and using obscene language. There were in all five charges. Evidence was given that accused tried to rescue a mate from the police and violently resisted when he himself was arrested. On the train he kicked a constable on the leg and struck him in the face. Accused used obscene language when being taken to the police station. Sergeant Mcßae said that accused had caused a lot of trouble at the camp, and his officers did not have a good word to say for him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23769, 24 September 1940, Page 9
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129THREE MONTHS IN GAOL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23769, 24 September 1940, Page 9
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