Eureka Reporter | 1908-08-14 | Page 7 | Cause of Seaman's Bad Language

cause of seaman s bad language at southampton eng a seaman named johnson had to appear before the borough magistrate on a charge of making use of bad language in st marys mary s street ir explanation he said he was married in st marys mary s church southampton many years ago he left southampton after the ceremony and was away several years coming back the other day he went to look at the church and find ing there was still no steeple to it he did in bis his righteous anger use some very strong words in fining the de fondant ten shillings and costs the chairman of the bench said many peo pie had said strong things about such a beautiful church as st mary marys s hav bay ing no steeple but they did not use such bad expressions as the defendant had bad