"LARRIKIN TYPE"
COAST MAORI GAOLED LANGUAGE AND THEFT,,,, "This is his third offence for obsence language," stated Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court in Gisborne today, when sentencing Peter Wharehinga, Tikitiki, to a month's imprisonment, a term of 14 days for the theft of a pair of boxing! gloves to run concurrently with
Detective A. G. McWhirter said that the accused was looked upon as one of the larrikin type. The words complained of were used frequently in a 'song at Te Araroa. The boxing gloves were removed from the home, of the owner, Spencei Haenga, and were used in Te Araroa. They were now useless. The accused had previous convictions for obsence language and disorderly behaviour, and was at present serving a month's imprisonment for obscene language.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19315, 4 May 1937, Page 4
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131"LARRIKIN TYPE" Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19315, 4 May 1937, Page 4
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