Noise Maker

The noise maker was a rowdy youth who disturbed his neighbours in Redan during 1906.

The case
It seems that young people in February 1906 were not so different to young people today: "A NOISE MAKER. A lad 17 years of age was charged with behaving in an offensive manner in Ripon Street, on Monday evening. Constable Serpell, in charge of the Redan Police Station, said that complaints had been rife in the neighborhood with regard to the noise made in the evenings by a number of young fellows. He went down to investigate, said saw defendant running about and making a disturbance, which was so noisy as to set all the dogs in the neighborhood barking. This sort of thing had been going on for some time, but it was hard to put it down as people who made complaints had told him they were afraid of getting their windows broken if they went into court to give evidence against any of the offenders. The defendant was fined £1, in default three days. Seven days were allowed in which to pay the fine."