KiCHLY DESF.RVED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13967, 27 July 1909, Page 4

RICHLY DESERVED.

MAN I.MIMMM)M:D FOR COWARDLY BEHAVIOUR. A SALVATION ARMY MEhTIMPor Press Association. GRE\MOI'TH, Jul.v JO. At the Magnate's Court to-d'i\ Win. Slubbs w;is chained with commit- 1 tniK an a-sault on 'I honias M. Allison, 1 an oltitei ol the Salvation Arniv. and using grossly obst.cii<> langun^e in the pic&enee ol 'teiuales. and damaging instrument-. Evidence u;is that | the Aim.v was holding an open-uir ■ meeting when anu-ed, wlio was th<> WOIH> oi *i(|tic>i , <'iileied tho rinji and began to take chaise. He had a knite in his hand, and on being put out ot the riny stiuck Oincei Allison on Ihe tace, nialitng a nasty gash, and punctured the lnsiniiiunt, usiuy horrible language. The Ah.^isliatr, m giving Ins dec ision, said the chaise lieuld l>e alteie-d to one oi common assatdi. II'" I'liwi l.cd that iiK-inbers eil the Aimv had «'xeicised astonishing tact m dealing with accusi'cl, dealing gently with him and [act inn "nil a dcsiic to prevent Ins being aiustj-tl or tieating any tuithei annovaiice 'lite 'irgauisutiun was one that was doiny, an linniens* 1 amount ot good all <nii the world, and then .social schemes w-i ■ biiujj. carl led out with tlu' urea test amount of success, that showed th.it they were deserving of every i expect, as they reached the masses ol the people in a wav which no othei Jorm Of religious body could touch, lie ehd not think this was a case ior a fine at all. Accused was a young man of good appearance and iipparentlv with a j_'ood record. Yet he could anuo\ tho Arniv in the way he liad done fry using filthy language to tlno girls who weie devoting all their fcpare tirne^ ancl some of them all their lives to the good woik the Arniv was doing. Neither was the assault »o trivial a one as alleged, as had the knite struc! Allison about two inches to the lelt it mi'dit have meant the loss of an rye. It was not accused's fault thnt it was not more sei icius. Foi the obscene lan-.in«-e accused would Jie sontenced to II days' imprisonment with hard labour, tor the a .sault 7 days, nnd for damaging the property 7 da\s. the sentences to be cumulative, or a month in all.