An Unfortunate Arbitration J. Clune, fireman on the str. Eastern Trader, appeared before Mr. G. W. King at H. M. Police Court on Wednesday, charged with being drunk and ' disorderly on Tuesday evening, and with assaulting a Chinese Police Constable.
Sub-Inspector Mackenzie appeared on behalf of the Police.
It appeared that the defendant spent Monday night, or part of it, in Hongkew Police Station, and was released at 8 o'clock on the following morning to go back to his ship. At half-past three in the afternoon he was found drunk in Woochang Road, with a shipmate, quarrelling with a ricsha coolie.'The coolie claimed to have been running him round the town since 9 a.m., and was asking for payment. The Chinese constable was called in to arbitrate, but he received a blow, and ran off to get assistance, the two sailors then being taken into custody.
Defendant declared that he had paid the ricsha coolie $2. He told the Magistrate he was not used to drink. It had got to his head.
His Worship—Why don't you put something else into your head besides drink?
Defendant was cautioned and fined
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