The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 9 May 1928 1
LAW NOTICES.
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Wednesday, May 9.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
Marjorie Sutton, break, enter, and steal (for sentence); Beverley Havelock Greville, fraudulent misappropriation; Martin Evans, indecent assault on a male person; Henry Arthur Murray, endeavour to intimidate a Customs officer in the execution of his duty; Arthur Edward Murray, being directly concerned in the commission of endeavouring to intimidate a Customs officer in the execution of his duty; Ernest Lyles Connelly and Charles Lomas, robbery.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 10 May 1928 2
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Cohen.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr VH Treatt.
ACQUITTED.
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Martin Evans, 28, porter, was charged with having indecently assaulted a little boy, [Horace James Eland], at Sydney, on April 12. The accused was, by direction of his Honor, acquitted and discharged.
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MR AD KAY.
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OBSTRUCTION CHARGE
DISMISSED.
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Library collection. Reproduction: Peter de Waal
The case in which AD Kay was charged with having caused an obstruction to pedestrian traffic in Macquarie-place on March 21 by speaking in a public place, was disposed of yesterday. The charge was dismissed.
The hearing was marked by a brush between Mr McDougall, SM, and Mr AS Henry, who appeared for Kay. Mr Henry called witnesses to combat the statements of the police that the crowd which had gathered to hear Kay obstructed pedestrian traffic along the footpath.
Mr McDougall told counsel that the evidence he was calling was irrelevant. He was satisfied that a technical offence had been committed and intended to record a conviction.
Mr Henry: That is a most extraordinary statement to make. You mean to convict before you hear the case?
After further argument the magistrate said that Mr Henry had better proceed with his case.
Kay said that he spoke from a platform in the gutter. There was a large crowd, but they were gathered inside the park, and did not constitute an obstruction of traffic.
“I am satisfied there was no substantial obstruction,” Mr McDougall said at the conclusion of evidence.
1 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 9 May 1928, p. 13. Emphasis added.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 10 May 1928, p. 6. Emphasis added.