HE KNEW THE FAMILY,

NZ Truth, Issue 282, 19 November 1910, Page 5

HE KNEW THE FAMILY,

And Wanted to Kiss the Daughter.

At a little after nftne o'clock on the evening ■of October 29 last a 14-, year-old girl named Elsie Lockston was proceeding to her home m Ar-thur-street, North-East Valley, and when slhe reached toe corner of Ar-thur-street and Main-road she was addressed fiy a young married man named Arthur Watkins, who said : "How are you, Oissie ?■" Elsie said : "It's not Cissie this time." Then Arthur put his arm around Elsie's neck and kissed her. She objected to this and drew attention to the ntMn-

ber of people who could see tihem. Arthur suggested that they should go to the otffier side of the street, where it was darfcer, but Elsie wasn't taking amy, and pulled herself away amul proceeded homewards down Arthurstreet ; but Arthur followed up and kissed her again, his request that they should meet again the next evening being refused. Elsie then went homewards and complained' to her father, who,' m turn, complained to Constable Lynch ; and on . Monday Watkiins faced Magistrate Bartholomew, at the Dunedin S.M.s Court, on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted the girl.

Mr Hanlon appeared for Watkins, and entered a plea of guilty.

Counsel admitted the facts as stair ed by the Sub-Inspector, but said that tihe two families had known each other tor years. Watkins was a

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married man «umd on the evening m question had been sent out for milk for the betby. He kaiew the Lookston faonrily, but kj»ew EMste's sister Cissie better than he knew Elsie.

' At the request of tihe S.M. the father of the gir! was put into the witness-box. He said he Bad known Watkins since he was a little fellow m knicker-hockers, and he was quite sure he wouldn't take advantage of his daughter. When he oonxplained he thought it was another Watkins, whom he ktaew to be "a bit of a lad. While the father was m the box Wat^ins' wiie cairtie into court with her baby and sat <m the witnesses' bench, but was soon ejected, weeping copiously, for instructing Mr> Lockston m a loud voice what he should say. Aknost immedja-telv she •appearedin the public part of tke court, *ut was again askwd to leave, her Wx^epimg not being finished. The S.M. sawl that m view of what the father had said hie wouldn't talcs a serioug view of the affiair. Hewould regard it as merely a stupid, act. Watkjina would be- £ned forty shillings,