MEN IN UNIFORM INSULTED
(United Press Association) DUNEDIN, December 3. “If the police could sheet home an offence against these individuals who insult these men and the King’s uniform it would be a most serious matter for them,” said the Magistrate (Mr J. R. Bartholomew) when it was stated in the Magistrate’s Court that there were
certain persons who “threw off’ at soldiers in uniform when they were off duty. The comment arose when two soldiers were charged with assault and indecent language. The police stated that the men were at a piecart when they were insulted by a man who ridiculed them for being jn uniform. There were hoodlums about the streets who frequently “threw off” at soldiers. The men’s officer told the Court that he had been twice insulted himself. The Magistrate, in dismissing the
charges, suppressed the' defendants’ names.
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Southland Times, Issue 24300, 4 December 1940, Page 9
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142MEN IN UNIFORM INSULTED Southland Times, Issue 24300, 4 December 1940, Page 9
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