SOZZLE AND SWEARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 179, 21 November 1908, Page 6

SOZZLE AND SWEARS.

Fat O'NejiTs Outbreak.

Pat. O'Neill, a rugfjed-looking person from the country, pleaded gtiiilty to abnormal beerNiapacity m Ohristchurch S.M. Court, . but disclaimed all knowledge "of using obscene language. The language m everyday use on the average station is of the most appalling kind, out the gentle farm hands are guilty of it without realising its true meaning or grossness,. and they' are .astonished when arrested m the city for obscene language after they have surrounded one or two drinks. As a rule, the hardest swearer on . a jstation is the kindest-hearted and the truest friend when things come to the , worst. Often the- most horrible language is used m ordinary conversation .to cover the fact thait. the user' is a sensitive person who doesn't care to wear his heart upon his sleeve arid uses this medium to conceal the absence of brutality m his nature. "Truth"\doesn't know if O'Neill is one of this kind, but he fwas, obviously from the country and listened with discomposure iWHEN A BALD-HEADED /CONSTABLE testified that he 'had seen "the acgused m a blind, paralytic state m•. High-street .where the horrifying expxession issued from the lips of the beery, person. The .words used were;, carefully written down, but it was discovered that Patrick couldn't read. It was then proposed to repeat ithe obscenity. Orderly Scully (authoritatively) : Close that door. The 1 Sergeant : There's no one there. The Orderly : Yes; there -a female 'fhere. (Door closed accordingly). •Then the lurid Words were spoken. , The Bench : Were there any females asout at the time ?<— Yes. His Worship (to ' o,'Neill) :' Have you anything to say ?—l'm only too sorry. I'd like to iget home to where I'm working at Mount Peel. For* . drunkenness a fine of 5s was imposed, and for obscene language 20s, or jtwenty-four hours with Barney Cleary.