“THROWING OFF” AT SOLDIERS
WARNING BY MAGISTRATE SOMETHING THAT SHOI LD BE PUNISHED [ Per Press Associstlon.l DUNEDIN, Dec. 23. “If the police could sneet home the offence against these individuals who insult these men and the king’s uni'form it would be a most serious matiter for them,” said Mr. J. R. • mew, S.M., when it wa* stated in the ! Police Court that there weie certain individuals who “threw oil at soldiers in uniform when off duty. His comment arose when two soldiers were charged with assault and indecent language. The police stated that the soldiers were at a pie cart when they were insulted by a man who “threw off” at them for being in uniform. There were hoodlums about the streets who frequently “threw off" at soldiers. The soldiers’ officer told the Court that he had been twice intuited himIself. I The magistrate. dismissing the charges, suppressed defendanti’ | navies.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 285, 4 December 1940, Page 6
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