MAORIS IN TROUBLE
MAGISTRATE’S COMMENT [ Per Press Association. J AUCKLAND, May 8. The fact that too many Maoris from the north are getting into trouble was comm-ented on by Mr. Hunt in the Police Court this morning, when William George Cook, a Maori, aged 37, pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, assault, and using obscene language. Mr. Hunt also expressed surprise at the large number of native prisoners in Mount Eden Gaol. The police said the accused, while drunk, had used insulting language to a Maori girl. A number of Maoris were in Auckland as Supreme Court witnesses. They were stopping at a hostel, and when the custodian of the hostel sent for Cook he assaulted him while being arrested. Accused was fined £5 or ont, month’s imprisonment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 109, 9 May 1936, Page 11
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128MAORIS IN TROUBLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 109, 9 May 1936, Page 11
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