TOO PREVALENT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 13, 28 December 1911, Page 5

TOO PREVALENT.

OBSCENE LANOUACS ABOARD A TRAIN.

A LENIENT FINE

At the Magistrate’s Court this morning, Fred Anstis was charged with using obscene language on the New ,?lymouth-Stratford train on Boxing )ay. Mr C. D. Solo was on the tench.

Accused, a respectable-looking man, dected to bo dealt with summarily, md pleaded guilty. Constable Liston gave evidence to .he effect that accused was muddled vith drink. He was disorderly, and he had given him a fair warning, at the same time informing him who he ,vas. Accused had replied in the language complained of, and he had taken him in charge. In reply to the Bench, lie said there were no ladies in the carriage. His Worship remarked that such mses were altogether too prevalent. Ho, himself, had travelled in a railway carriage yesterday, in which some vile language was freely used. Accused laid himself open to twelve months’ imprisonment. Accused being slightly deaf, Sergeant McNeely repeated bis Worship’s statement, the “twelve months” having a visible effect on the prisoner. “However,” added His Worship,” “as you’re a hard-working man and otherwise decent, you will be fined £5. in default one month’s imprisonment.” Asked how long he wanted to pay, accused replied that he wanted a fortnight. Sergeant McNeely: “Didn’t you tell me you had £6 at home?” Accused: Yes.

The Bench forthwith gave him a week in which to settle the fine.