SNEAKED INTO THE CUPBOARD

NZ Truth, Issue 1229, 20 June 1929, Page 5

SNEAKED INTO THE CUPBOARD

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PRISON FOR "COWARDLY BLACKGUARD"

•■■'. "•'-■ '.-■■'' , -(From "N.Z,- Truth V*. Special Auckland Kepresentative.j ..7 ■•■ y. "What a manly "thing to cio ; hide m a cupboard so that you could oyerhear what this unfortunate girl might say ! " . With these scathing words, Sub-inspector McCarthy closed the case for, the. prosecution m the Auckland Magistrate's Court against Guy Carney for assaulting Ina Josephine Lawrence when he called at her house. '. . .

IT was explained by the sub -inspector that Carney had been living: in.^the same house as the girl since January last, when he came out of gaol after a sentence for assault. Differences arose and she wished to break off the relationship. In the witness-box, Miss Lawrence, aged 17, stated that the previous morning Carney came into a room where she and a Miss Seagar were sleeping about 7 a.m. "He brought a ring for my baby," she said, "but I told him I did not want it nor did I want to have anything more to do with him/ ' He had then thrown the ring out of the window and assaulted, her with a rolled"bp paper and with his .clenched net. ';. v,.7 . '* ■"'•>. ''. '• ' ". "' Her friend had attempted to protect her and she also wa's struck. * When, she screamed- 'for help to >.., her grandmother, Carney' ;ran out ;of ;the house. 7 ■■;■;,■.■. —.7 .-. ■ 7 Later m the .morning." she received a note froni a Mrs. -.Freda Lincoln, which read: : — . -• "Dear; I ha, — • Come around straight away. J met "a 1 boy up the street last night, I think his name was Jack Casey. He told me' to: give you a message for to-night. Don't let. Guy -see this, he might . go crook. Come straight away. Don't' bring Guy., 'Freda." • / 7 When Miss Lawrence -called, she asked Mrs. Lincoln what the message was, but the conversation was led round to the question of whether she had been associating- with Mrs. Lin--coin's husband. ". ; ..-- ... ..... ,'.-'■ Later, m reply to a query, she admitted being at tne races with a man, although she had denied this fact to . Carney. * : •'■■ 777 The latter thereupon jumped out fropi a cupboard where, he . had been concealed unknown to her, and knocked her down. 7 „,... When 'she tried to leave the room, he'

O' , y. — ~ — « • prevented her and struck her several . times, causing her nose to- bleed and her eye v to swell** . She picked up a chair to defend herself, but was prevented- from using it , by Mrs. Lincoln and another woman, named Hawkins. \ Finally, a Miss Robinson had come to her assistance and she reported the matter at the Newton police station. In reply to Carney, . who was not represented by counsel, she said she

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broke off their affair because he beat her and would not work. 7 % "You'are only sorry for yourself, because my mother won't keep ybu any longer," continued the 7 girl. :-.-'. VfThat's- the only reason you want.- :.'■ Ed me to take you back. ' ..', (Corroborative evidence as to Carney's early morning j assault wasj.giyen by Ida Seagar, who stated that 'while she ..was endeavoring to protect Miss Lawrence* Carney struck her top.. . Admitting, that she had written the note of invitation, Mrs.. Freda Lincoln, ■ l aia<E^d'-taat7C&D.ey.* i aid Titft cometd

3- — : — : — — - her house untiK after the note had been despatched. ..When he heard that Miss Lawrenc^, was coming: round, he hid' ln the cupboard to hear- what she-sa id.. - After the admission about the races, Carney jumped out and Miss Lawrence i picked up a chair to attack shim. • Only two blows'wei'e struck and Miss Lawrence's nose hit a table which made it bleed. Replying: to accused, she said that the girl*' had said that Carney had gone to ,-• hospital because he was crushed when working. . •■.':-...- Miss Lawrence had appeared at the Newton police station, said Seniorsergeant Flannigan, - with ' her nose bleeding badiy and her blouse, smothered m blood. . . r Slouching into the witness-box, Carney gave hie. occupation as a seaman,, but admitted he had not been to sea for three years. .7 •„* '■■•• The last work he had done : was be- ; fore Christmas, when he did two days 'at Remuera. ■■ , . . WhilS.h'e was m gaol for assault, he. : had received ' an invitation to stop at ! Miss Lawrence's home, which he ac- , cepted, and since then they had been : on intimate terms.Carney strongly denied that Miss Lawrence had been keeping, him, but agreed that he Had been doing only casual work for over two . years. In reply to the 'magistrate, he admitted that he struck the girl' m the' early morning, but asserted that he only pushed her over m the subsequent brawl after she tried to attack him. ; "You. don't;'.';:' really. ..want her any more," commented Mr. McCarthy, "but you come here and try to blacken her. character as much as you can." In announcing that he would be con-^ vie ted, Mr. Hunt summed Carney up as" a "cowardly blackguard" and imposed the maximum penalty of two months* imprlsonnientr 7 For breach of his prbba:tion, lie was . convicted and' discharged. v