FIGHTING IN STREET

Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1934, Page 5

FIGHTING IN STREET

STABLE EMPLOYEES CHARGED. BOTH “VERY BEST OF FRIENDS." Saying that they were “the very best of friends,” Henry Turvey and Gordon Brooks, who did not appear, pleaded guilty to a charge of fighting in a public street and were each fined 10s and costs 10s in the. New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M. The men boarded at a racing stable, said Sergeant S. G. Clist, and the argument arose at the house where they had meals. A disagreement occurred in the house and when the men came out into the street a few blows were exchanged. It was not a very serious matter and the police would not have known of the occurrence had not a neighbour notified them. There was no suggestion of drink or bad language. Turvey held a riding license and was concerned that in the event of a conviction he might lose it. Sergeant Clist said he would not like this to happen as the result of such an affair. The racing authorities were very severe in such cases. Turvey was certainly not the aggressor. In fining the men the magistrate said that the penalty imposed would indicate that the affair was not taken very seriously and he hoped others would take the same view.