When Hugh Horsburgb Pakenham, aged 65. was charged at Brighton, England, with using bad language, it was stated that lie swore at four girls when one of their umbrellas touched his face. “ I gave way to my besetting sin—bad language,” Pakenhain said. “You see, I was a ser-geant-major for 14 years, and am also an Irishman.” He was fined £l.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21264, 19 February 1931, Page 2
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