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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21538, 9 January 1932, Page 15

If a person reads a newspaper over the shoulder of the man—or woman —who happened to have bought it at Washington, lie is liable to a fine of £5, and it may be even more if this sort of thing goes on! James Van Burn, aged 37, tried this familiar habit —one, often notices it in Dunedin tramcars —in a car in Washington recently. A woman was reading her newspaper, and he did his peep on a “ real hot ” news story. The conductor told the court that the woman, obviously annoyed, moved several feet, but Van Burn had not finished the story he was reading, and moved over beside her, whereupon the conductor called a policeman, who arrested the man. “ I have been waiting a long time,” said the judge, “ to get a chance at one of those people who read newspapers over shoulders.”