LANGUAGER LINDSAY LUMBERED.

NZ Truth, Issue 250, 9 April 1910, Page 7

LANGUAGER LINDSAY LUMBERED.

Ploughman's Obscenity.

Alexander Milne Lindsay recently left a job of ploughing at Fairlie Creek, near Timaru, and came to, Dunedin. He blew around for, about a week, seeing, the sights and having a good time generally, but he fell into trouble about 8 o'clock on March 30. Fred Gordon,'caretaker of the Roslyn bowling r green, was standing conversing with Ms . friend, George Sutherland, at the corner of Stafford-street and Princes- street, just outside Mir J. H. Hopkins' pastryware emporium. Lindsay came up and prat- 1 ted hiifisfelf into the conversation. A friend of his came up, and Milne asked him where he had been, using obscene language m a voice that the wholestreet might hear. There were, a couple of ladies m the shop, and Mr D.' D. Macdonald, who was also there, came out and told Lindsay that if he wasn't more careful he would drop, into- trouble;; Lindsay didn't knock off and was bondedover to Constable Hall. : , . .<;,-.-,: In' the Dunedin Police 'Court: the' foU lowing morning Alec pleaded guilty ■ to muzziness, but said he, couldn't remember having, made use of the language, • though he told tbe Court that of course it was possible that he had done so. When the evidence had been gone through Magistrate WrJdowson* astced ; : ;=' |J3ave you anything to say ?" To which Alec replied • "Oh, nothing. Guilty." The S.M. didn't take long to deal out a -sentence 'of three months' hard*