A STREET DISTURBANCE.

NZ Truth, Issue 214, 31 July 1909, Page 6

A STREET DISTURBANCE.

And its Consequences.

AJf. Goslin and Frank Evans were mixed up m a peculiar row m Christchurch the other night, but the real culprit seems to have slipped through the hands of the police and got mislaid. A Bromley farmer named McGregor was m the Commercial Restaurant with Goslin having a feed, when the two became aware of a man and woiuan, also stoking up their faces, at an adjoining table, and who appeared to' be m a partiallysosselled condition. ' The man must have taken exception to the shape of Goslin's nose, or tße twirl of McGregor's mo., or lie might have imagined the pair had designs on his doped donah. But Mac. and <3os. were later standing outside' the iiashery picking their teeth, when someitliing resembling Jim Griffin m a state of insanity fell upon McGregor with both hands. Mac. ducked promptly and effectively, and the pugilist, who was recognised as the boosed female's sosselled cavalier, hit Goslin hard. There seemed •to be fight m the air, because a person named_, Evans, strong m beer or a more potent liquor, suddenly sprang- from nowhere, and banged the astonished McGregor with great force. Meanwhile Goslin was floored, or roaded, by the infuriated person 'from the cafe, who got away before, the bobbies arrived, or while they were engaged arresting less guilty individuals. Peelers Turner and Moore were the slops, who mentioned that it .was at 8.20 p.m., and a large crowd gathered. Turner said he SAW GOSLIN KNOCKED DOWN, also saw him m a fighting attitude, possibly m self-defence, and arrested him for fracture of the peace. According to Moore, McGregor was: standing harmlessly with his' coat on his arm,' with the canny caution of his race, and it is evident that had he attempted to defend himself he would have Sound himself m the booby hatch also/ Peeler Moore certainly did .chase the lydy's champion, who had caused all the, trouble, and giving a parting glance at' the interesting group Which Evans had joined by this time, saw McGregor lying on his back. A bird m hand was wort£ two m the crowd, and Evans and Goslin were boobed. Next day Magistrate Haselderi, m the calm and deliberate tones of the District Court Judge, mentioned that Gosliu appeared to have done all that an assaulted person might be expected to do, and dismissed the case against him. Evans, who said that; his recollection of .the previous night's events were most obscure, pleaded guilty, and was fined ■tan hog, or the usual alternative.