BOYD, BULLY AND BOUNCE.

NZ Truth, Issue 110, 27 July 1907, Page 5

BOYD, BULLY AND BOUNCE.

DENNISTON HILL'S DESPOTIC " DEMON," The Story of the Saddle and Has Revenge. Will Commissioner Dinnie Piease Investigate?

It occur to "Truth" that Police Comm-iss'-.-iier -Dinnie must find it a hard row. to hoe> m keeping his blucroated boys m order all over New Zealand, and lately some very grave charges have been brought against some policemen, though, truth to tell, Lin-nie seems to always take the side of his myrmidons, and thc con-se-quence is "that no matter how respectable,, reputable, and law-abiding a citizen may be, his word, even on oath when.' pitted against that of a pe-lic-jman, is not accepted ; m a word, a citizen who ventures to make any allegation or assertion against a bobby,- is, m Dinnie's quarters, voted all shade: - and hues of a liar and that it looks to be the very best thing fur an U'.-treatod or oppressed pri\a'e i-'rdiv'dva! to grin and bear it, to .ouiVer m silence and wait the inevitable t-.un of the tide. This week

"Truth" has received a communication from- a '-resident at Denniston Hill, on the West Coast, and so serious arc the allegations made against or.c Constable Boyd that we consider it m the inlerestrf cf the community to -rive' these allegations widespread publicity ar.-d to ask Police Commissioner Dinnie if he proposes to stand by and allow such allegations to go uiiinvestiga ;■-_•... It looks very much a-5 if this Bobby Boyd IS A BOLD, BAD BOY, who ought to be removed from thc district and sent to some more populous comma*.. _ ity where he would be under mere strict supervision and v; iitre th.? exhibition of his malianant r-nd vindictive 'nature would meet with the merit it so richly deserves. Boyd, though only an - ordinary slop, seems to be boss-ccck down' Bonn-i*-- ton way, and far from . eing a terror to evil-doers he seems to be the worst evil-doer of the lot. and a terror to every decent-minded Ag'ndividual m that small community. *sov/n at a place called Burnett's Face, Boyd, of iate, has made himself pretty . obnoxious, and m- some recent Police Court -proceedings some ver" awkward questions were asked oi' him, which signifies that Boyd is a bully and- a bounce, and, moreover, - i-* one hilf of tho fisser tions made aganist h-im are true, 'then be should . not be removed to some other district, hut summarily kicked out of the Police Force. Boyd's troubles seem to have originated m the loss of a sis.-d.ile. That lie lost & saddle there con be no denial, but it is probable that Bobby Boyd's version will be O.n entirely different one to the tale "Truth" 'proposes to tell. About .lu-ne li last. Bovd visited Burnett's Face, and left his horse m the stable m one of the local hotels. BO3AI was m the hotel for some time, and was no ro'.:lt there for' the same reason that mostly everybody goes into hotels, only that BOYD STAYED THERE LONGER ; whether ifc was the barmaid or the excellent brew on tap is a matter which it is unnecessary to here d-etsrrnins. /nVhow, when Boyd got full of the b.-u mala, or ba?r, or full of business, or v. hatevor else it was that took him into the p'ib, he returned to the sta- • ble and found tbat his gee-gee had gone, and Boyd consequently had to walk- heme. His noble steed, however, was there before him, but the ::;wkUe was m Using. It was found three or four days later behind a Kta-ble m. the creek. Nov.*, this -joke, U' it- was a joke, seems to have rankled deep m the big, massive heart of Bobby Boyd, and he swore to have revence'. and he did not m tlie . least bide hie. annoyance or tlie fact that be would' make'morc than one smart for : ; t. andit is said that Boyd vowed that, m order to get even, he. would drag every man at Burnett's * Fee? to W-r-stport on some trumpedv? charge ov other. Now, as far as the less" of the saddle is concerned, :i very reasonable explanation .is i-"rthcomh.£ m that ths horse stray(d out of the. stable, which is only a loose-box. and that the said animal, despairing of Boyd ever coming out of the pub, and feeling lonely and homesick ard considering how selfish its. mester was, took it into its head, or jvrerever horses think at all, and walked leisurely home, ENJOYING THE RUSTIC SCENERY m its equine travels, and that while taking a short-cut under a bridge, the KCvddle was dragged off. -Anyhow, it wac near this bridge that thcsaddle waa found, and the suggestion, to "Tnrth," seems a very feasible ono. I'o d does not, of course, think anything of the kind happened, and a few days after the recovery oi his saddle he met a man named Bines on a lonely part of the road near Burnett's - F:w_e, and there and then accused him of being m thejoke concerning the saddle, and on Bines very prop- . erly declining to be drawn into any such mattes, he was assailed by Boyd m a most brutal manner. He was called a b spieler- and caught by the throat and thrown to the ground, and whilst on the ground, Boyd, cowardly cur that he must -be, if v, hat "Truth" is told is correct, attempted to. kick- the prostrate man, whom he called a and threatened to choke, and who he further referred to as a b d, and very playfully expressed an intention to stove Bines' b ribs m. This little incident is said to have occurred m the pre-senes of a man named Tom Barton, who is manager of a store at Denniston, and when Bines appealed to him to help to make a case of assault against .Boyd, Mr Barton prc.-fs-sse-d to be blind and asserted that. "1 saw nothing ; I HEARD YOU CALL OUT, but did not look." Of course, tin such circumstances. Bines' case against Boyd would not stand good for a single second. Barton seems pally with Boyd, and, it is said, with what truth Boyd and Barton themselves know, that Barton was once threatened by Boyd, with proceedings over some light-weight kapok! Most of these facts were adduced m tlie Westport Police Court early- this month, and as they did not . form the subi ect of a, charge and were hardly material to the matter before

the Court, Magistrate W. G-. Kenrick expressed the opinion that if Boyd had threatened people, as alleged, he was not a fit man to be m the Police Force, and he (His Worship) would have to report it to the' Department.

In tbe light of subsequent events, it looks very much as if Boyd's threat to take all the men from Burnett's Face to Westport on trumpedup charges, out of revenge for the temporary loss of his saddle, was made good, d.s four Coal-brookdale chaps had to face tbe Court on a charge of being on licensed premises at Burnett's Face, after hours. Now, it is said, that the same day that Bo3 r d served the summonses on the men, he, himself, with those he bad summon©.!, .stayed m the same pub drinking long after closing time, winding up a glorious evening with "He's A Jolly Good Fellow," (no doubt they thought.. Boyd v/as) and "Bonnie Doon." Though most of the drinkers left for home when tlie landlord called out, "Time to go, boys," BOYD AND A COUPLE OF PALS started out to argue that it was not closing time. And it might here be mentioned that Up to this date, Boydbas prosecuted •thirteen Burnett's Face residents '-and succeeded m securing convictions against three of them, so it koks as if Bobby lioyd bas proved as good as his word' m the way <<l revenge. As a sleuth-hound, .a taker of crooks, a terror to evil-doers, Boyd sinks into nothingness when his Sher-lock-Holmes methods of detecting "crime" are considered. It is not so very long ago that- Bovd, m his en- i deavor to catch thc Sunday drinkshiiter, laid himself low -m a pigsty on a hill overlooking -one- pub, tout his view was obscured temporarily by a 60-year-oid individual named Clark, whom Boyd, getting out of the sty, where for possession he had for two hours fought an old sow, commenced to roundly abuse as a pimp amd a spy. Clark has -siatce placed the matter m a lawyer's bands, but not having tho cash to push the matter any. further, he is obliged to let it rest there. This bobby bloke Bovd seems to have bis favorite pub, and he seems to take little pains to hKle that fact. At any rate, bump-t-ous bobby Boyd seems -to have a very good time on every occasion that he visits Burnett's Face, so that tlie suspicion is naturally engendered that BOYD GETS -A LOT OF BOOZE on the cheap. No matter, though, what suspicions are engendered, no doubt can exist that Bobby Boyd of Denniston Hill is a tartar, and he is just the sort of snout that can make things unpleasant for the least unoffending. This paper hopes that Magistrate Kenrick has kept to lids word and sent m a report about booby bobby Boyd. -Of course', it won't matter much if all Burnett's Face swear that this bobby is a bully and a bounce ; the chances are dunderhead Dinnie won't believe them and will look for any loop-hole to allow this officious and dangerous policeman to escape the consequences of what, on the surface seems to be damnable and over-bearing misconduct on Boyd's part. There are too many of these bullies m the Police Force. They are dangerous to ths preservation ot good order ; a menace to every law-abid-ing man and woman. It is coming to something, indeed, when ONE BLUE-COATED RUFFIAN can, without let or hindrance, hold up a town. , If Commissioner Dinnie fails to promptly investigate Boyd's conduct, then Dinnie will only confirm the' opinion this paper has formed of him, ami that is that Dinnie is a duffer, and has no more right to be at the helm than has, say, Jesse. Underwood. From what "Truth" can glean, there is plenty of evidence m Burnett's Face of Boyd's dirty .dodges and threats of revenge. ■> If any single instance of Boyd's threat of revenge can be made good, Burnett's Face ought to soon have a new policeman doing duty there.

Football, particularly Rugby football, is becoming] as smellful as cycling.

An iriumerable number, of hawkers are perambulating Christchurch just now. We may next hear of motor cars being hawked from door to door.

(Sub-Manager of the Grand Hotel). At tbe Grand Hotel, at tbe Grand Hotel, Where all kinds of strange people dwell. Mr Bolt-on you'll find is a person unkind, Vi-fcsn Togo, "Truth's" dorg, gives a yell. Mister Bolton will growl, likewise he will howl. This dorg ant here for good, sir, Our carpets hull spoil, our curtains he'll soil, He's a rniseraJJ-le,".ioyrncrless, underfed cur* '•".'.' '-.'. '