CITY POLICE COURT
Saturday, January 9. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle. S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Jack Paris, a statutory first offender for drunkenness, was fined 10s, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. INDECENT LANGUAGE! "Herbert Thomas Gilchrist pleaded guilty to charges of using indecent language in Burlington street, and to behaving in a disorderly manner.—Subinspector Cameron said that shortly after midnight on Friday the accused, accompanied by his wife, was coming down Burlington street in a car which was driven by his wife. An altercation arose, and his wife alleged that the accused struck her while she was driving. Both alighted, and left the car running until it reached the foot of Burlington street. When spoken to by postal officials _ the accused used the language complained of. —The magistrate said that it seemed that neither the accused nor his wife should be in charge of a car. On the charge of using indecent language, Gilchrist was fined £3, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment, and on the other charge he was convicted.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21539, 11 January 1932, Page 4
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