Offensive Behaviour:

• Two well-dressed Pakehas, aged about 30, appeared in court charged with offensive behaviour (urinating in a public place). They had both been bailed the night before by the police. One pleaded guilty and the other asked for a remand without plea. Both were remanded and the magistrate very generously granted suppression of name to both without even being asked to.
• Numerous Maoris and other Polynesians were also arrested for urinating in public. None of them were bailed by the police none of them had their names suppressed.