BEHIND THE WINDOW

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 7

BEHIND THE WINDOW

They Called Him "Pretty Patricia " and, \ Then Wanted To Fight ' PROVED COSTLY \ '(Froin'.".N:Z. Tmth's" Special Christchurch Representative). ] Kiiiitttitiiij'tmtiiiitii ttiiiiiciijiititti jm itiitiiitiitiiltiliitiiiiiiiiiliiiiiitliiliiJiiiiiifiiiiiiii!iiiiiMiuiiiiii(iiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifritiiiirriitiiiiiiiiMi intiit nif intii^ | ' .., After, having a few drinks too many, two young j 5 | men strolled along Colombo Street, Christchurch, look-- 1 1 I ing; for fight. Seeing a likely young man dressing a I i • |. '. shop window, they invited hini out to satisfy their | ' | needs, but he had different inclinations. | ]

BEING, baulked m their desires, the two would-be, pugilists did the next best thing. They tonguethrashed, the window-dresser, and m the course of the thrashing used miich obscene language. The, names that the window-dresser, James Lambertpn, was called were too much for hinv to bear, so he called m the police, .an action which resulted m the arrest of Sehvyn George Maynard, a carpenter, aged 25, and Alexander Browne, a 23-years-old laborer. When he saw the police arriv- ■ Ing 1 BrownV . forgot his fighting proclivities and took to running instead. In this line of sport he >s not a champion, and before he got very far away he was caught by a constable. , When Maynard and Browne were brought before Mr. H. P. Lawry. S.M., m the Christchurch Magistrate's Court, tbpy were charged with behaving m a threatening manner and using obscene language. Both pleaded guilty to the first.offence, but hot guilty to the second.: IliiiiiiiliiiiiniiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiHiiiiiiHiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiMiniiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiii

Browne's call of "Come out of that, you pretty Patricia," was the first intimation that Lamberton had of the men's presence outside the shop. Lamberton told the court that Maynard then invited him out and asked him whether he had any pork sausages. Browne wanted him to go out , and flght and used strong language be- j cause he would not. • Lamberton then went for his "■ wife and mother, and. he intended 1 calling the police. The men. then i went away. He sent for the police ! for fear that they might return. ! Later they came back and used more bad language. Then* the i police came along. . i In punishing Maynard, who is a , married man, the Magistrate took into . consideration the fact that he stood his ground When the police arrived, and . that the language he used was much ] less lurid than that used by Browne. J He was fined £4. and Browne was ' fined £7 on the obscene language ' charge, and both were convicted and * discharged on the other. < iiiiiiillillliiliiiiiiir.iuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiillilliliiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiM