THE COURTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 3 June 1926, Page 8

THE COURTS.

PROTECTION FOR AVOMEN. By Telegraph—Press Association HAMILTON, June 2. “Molestation of young women by half-drunken young blackguards wiil not bo tolerated,” said Mr AA r yvern AA 7 ilson, S.M., in sentencing a young man named Lcs Patrick Crosby on two charges of assaulting a couple of young ladies. The police stated that, accused seized one 'voting woman and nr'-empted to kiss her, and struck the- other a violent blow when she came to the assistance of her companion. Accused, w'ho said he had been drinking, and who pleaded ignorance of the occurrence, was sentenced to .•■oven days on each charge, the .sentences to be concurrent.

DRUNK IN CAR. By Telcsri'n'; —m--...- .A ..oeintion AUCKLAND, Juno 2. At the Police, c I-, i i . iUi- ,i. \v. l'oynton, S.M., fi'm-fl Henry White Hawthorne (-10), LICK) lor being intoxicated in charge of'a inoior car on the Khyber Pass Road. Accused’s counsel said he could pcison.illy testify that his client was a good nian. lie bad a little .sickness and a little over indulgence in liquor. He was married, with a family, and was in good circumstances, and making money. A constable stated that accused's car was standing in the street; accused and one woman were in the front seat; another man and another woman in the rear seat. There was no ouestion about nraused’s condition or 11-I 1 -- o* J thv"" sons. The. two women wore arrested on a charge of drunkenness. The second man escaped.