A NEW BRIGHTON CASE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7606, 16 January 1903, Page 2

A NEW BRIGHTON CASE.

* ♦ ; BATHING WITHOUT PROPER COS-

TUME.

Leopold Stein, _?rftnfc Stofces> Thotnks Fox, William Livingstone Jameson, William and Leonard 'N. Denham w_r« charged with having^ on Nov. 30* at N«M Brighton, •bathed in » public place ivithdut a proper costume. Mr. Hunt appeared for the defendants who pleaded- guilty. Counsel stated thai theye were extenuating circumstances in connection with the case. His clients we_< in a hoat at Herring 'Holy, 'whibh h&d always 'been re£atd«di as a 'bathing pkte of •boating -nenrandye.h-rs. H& th^ntioiied that any mornin* ior th& last twenty y&ari naked hathers .ould hat-g' Tfe4h seefe Swlta' ming about in this ip-01, &ti& this pfoSotiu« tioh was the flrst intimati^ the bathis-l* had received that it was illegal.

Sergeant 'Burke said it was tio r-easoi that, 'because the police had not -hapjjened to drop on them before, the defendant* should be held blameless, and; the hathuip allowed to go prt Unchecked. 'In support of his contention ih&i 'bathing m, Herring Bay -without -o_tuin"e had t>eeh practised for many years, iMr Sunt Mll^d ft mehiiber of the Canterbury RdWiflg Club, who bote out what was stated i'bdve.

The police led evidence to thfe <__!_<s thai the pool -wa* -close to a pfivateyhbU_& txhi the road. Oil Sunday rtattiiiip. tpLKivewas fuli of bdats, warty of which, containing iadi-s, werfe continually paWiftg In* fepn ssiilor© erring l-lty. Tlie Bench fined each defendant 58 BA*. costs. • . •"•.'..--'-.,-'.