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IN A FRUIT SHOP CHINESE ASSAULTED
' "You squeeze my neck—you break my cucumber—you pull my fruit down —you swear at me,',' asserted. Wong Hing, a Chinese fruiterer, in the Magistrate's Court today, when George Nottingham; a tailor,' aged 48, denied assaulting him in his Cuba Street shop last evening. Nottingham was fined £2 in default seven days' imprisonment, by Mr. H. P. Lawry, S.M., who allowed him seven days in which to find the money. " Arthur Douglas Wylie, an electrician in' business opposite , Wong Hing's shop, said his wife was. just going into the fruit' shop, but rushed back and told him that a man was fighting with a Chinaman. ... He went over to the shop and'found the accused on top' of the Chinese, scuffling -on the footpath. The accused's companion was trying to make him come away, but Nottingham, who was under the ' influence of drinl?, seemed eager to have another "go." Nottingham had Wong Hing by, the throat and was trying to bang his head on the-pavement. The fruit had been tipped over, and' was on the footpath and in the gutter. A large crowd had gathered. Wong Hing told the Court that Nottingham and another man came into the shop about 10.30. The accused swore at him, broke a.cucumber, and grabbed him by the throat, and the' other >man tried to drag him off. â–
Nottingham (in the witness-box): I was certainly under the influence of drink, but I was not drunk. I picked up some oranges for fun, and the .Chinaman got excited and started to hit me. It was only fun. .'. '
Sub-Inspector C. E. Roach: Do you call it fun to bang a Chinaman's head on r the floor—on the footpath? ..
Nottingham: He hasn't got any bruises or lumps on his head, or black eyes—it couldn't have been very serious.
The Magistrate: You will be convicted on both charges. '
On. the second charge, one of using indecent language, Nottingham was convicted and discharged! ' , Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 60, 7 September 1935, Page 11
' "You squeeze my neck—you break my cucumber—you pull my fruit down —you swear at me,',' asserted. Wong Hing, a Chinese fruiterer, in the Magistrate's Court today, when George Nottingham; a tailor,' aged 48, denied assaulting him in his Cuba Street shop last evening. Nottingham was fined £2 in default seven days' imprisonment, by Mr. H. P. Lawry, S.M., who allowed him seven days in which to find the money. " Arthur Douglas Wylie, an electrician in' business opposite , Wong Hing's shop, said his wife was. just going into the fruit' shop, but rushed back and told him that a man was fighting with a Chinaman. ... He went over to the shop and'found the accused on top' of the Chinese, scuffling -on the footpath. The accused's companion was trying to make him come away, but Nottingham, who was under the ' influence of drinl?, seemed eager to have another "go." Nottingham had Wong Hing by, the throat and was trying to bang his head on the-pavement. The fruit had been tipped over, and' was on the footpath and in the gutter. A large crowd had gathered. Wong Hing told the Court that Nottingham and another man came into the shop about 10.30. The accused swore at him, broke a.cucumber, and grabbed him by the throat, and the' other >man tried to drag him off. â–
Nottingham (in the witness-box): I was certainly under the influence of drink, but I was not drunk. I picked up some oranges for fun, and the .Chinaman got excited and started to hit me. It was only fun. .'. '
Sub-Inspector C. E. Roach: Do you call it fun to bang a Chinaman's head on r the floor—on the footpath? ..
Nottingham: He hasn't got any bruises or lumps on his head, or black eyes—it couldn't have been very serious.
The Magistrate: You will be convicted on both charges. '
On. the second charge, one of using indecent language, Nottingham was convicted and discharged! ' , Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 60, 7 September 1935, Page 11