THE COOLER FOR KIRK.

NZ Truth, Issue 817, 9 July 1921, Page 6

THE COOLER FOR KIRK.

Albert Kirk, a West Coast collier, who has been hanging loose round Christchurch for some time, got into trouble through his fondness for liquid joy, and was brought before S.M. McCarthy, on a charge of having assault-' ed a married woman named Glory Cahill, by striking her with his fists. According to the story of the woman, corroborated by her daughter and husband, accused knocked at her door and asked for a Mrs. Smith, and was told she did not live there. Kirk would not take this answer, and struck Mrs. Cahill with his fists. " After this her husband came- out and retaliated on Kirk, who was , arrested soon after. Kirk declared that, the lady had thrown cold water on him, and denied striking her, but the Bench said his version of the iiicident was not .worth the breath it was uttered with. It must not go out to the world that a. drunken man .could go into a house and assault, a .woman, and no notice be taken of it: Kirk was sent to hard labor for a month.