GIVEN AN EXTRA FOURTEEN DAYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19236, 25 November 1930, Page 14

GIVEN AN EXTRA FOURTEEN DAYS.

PRICE OF A REMARK \ PASSED T 9 THE S.M. (Special to the “Star.”) AUCKLAND, November 24. Because he was not given his tea when he asked for it at 4 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, Alwin Furnass Bagshaw, a wharf labourer, aged thirtyeight, struck an old lady who keeps the boardinghouse where he stayed. He broke her glasses and . knocked her down. Now Bagshaw is in gaol. Bagshaw appeared before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, charged with assaulting Mrs Nellie Hare by striking her in the face with his hand and with damaging a pair of spectacles valued at £4 4s. He pleaded not guilty to both charges. “ Bagshaw was in a dirty drunken condition,” said Sergeant Clark, -who arrested accused. “He was in such a quarrelsome condition that he would have hit anything.” “Yes, well we’ll hit him now,” said the Magistrate. Detective-Sergeant Kelly said that Bagshaw had four previous convictions for drunkenness. The accused was fined £5, with the alternative of fourteen days, on the first charge and was ordered to pay damages on the second. “All right, I’ll take it out,” said Bagshaw as he left the dock. “ Fourteen days extra on the second charge,” said the Magistrate.