A HARD CASE.
(I'EB PRRSS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, April 30. A pad c\so of dcetitii'lon carae before the Police Court to day, whun a ma 1 . mi mud Arthur Hwcti was ohnrzed wi'.h BtPitlintr n book from the public library Iho evidenco eh >wod that acocuei attme to the pnllre aiatlou last night with the hook m his hand, and &t<ited he had stolen it m order that ho might bo aont to gaol, where be would got food aud Bholter. Ha had rooently como from Dunedlo 3 and had, aino9 his arrival In An.klaud, boon nnablu to obtain employment. Accused had not eaten f>od for aorae d»>a. Mr Baddeley, who was on the Banah, eyra pathleed with the unfortunate mm, but aatd he should have applied for relief. A sentence of six months' hard labjr was imposed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1829, 1 May 1888, Page 3
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137A HARD CASE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1829, 1 May 1888, Page 3
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