TOO MUCH “BEATING UP" IN STREETS, SAYS MAGISTRATE
AUCKLAND, Last Night G A).— “There is too much of this •beating up’ in the streets, ’ said Mr J. 11. Lux i ord, S.M., in the Police Court. "The number of people being molested as they go about, their lawful business is becoming very serious.” Mr Luxiord made these remarks Ralph Colin Johnston, aged 20, driver, and Raymond James Langton, aged 21, watersider, came before him hi a charge of assault. They pleaded guilty. A man and his wife said they were walking un Queen Street after a dance on Saturday night when Johnson pulled a newspaper from the man’s pocket. Alter an argument, .’O?ms''n assaulted the man and Langton pushed the woman about. Three ’.ore in a party with the two accused. "It is very questionable whether I should not send you to gaol,” said Mr Luxfc.rd to the two He lined them each £7. n ’ici ordert ; immediate payment, in default throe weexs’ imprisonment.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19501121.2.59
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, 21 November 1950, Page 5
Word Count
164TOO MUCH “BEATING UP" IN STREETS, SAYS MAGISTRATE Wanganui Chronicle, 21 November 1950, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.