AN IMPUDENT DESERTER.
SCENE TN T - THE POMeE COURT. •tx ?/ nei * J, A - p erry, who deserted from J.M.B. -Sptarovr at Auckland in March, UOS, was arrested on the charge about three weeks ago, and has since been in custody awaiting the arrival of a British. warship in the port. It is necessary to remand him from week to week, and * n p ei'ry came before Mr McCarthy, b.M.. for that purpose this morning he impudently showed his resentment at Having to be kept in gaol for another we«k. ■-•"•■ ■ "You want to keep mo in that-gaol another week, do you," ho shouted "in a threatening manner to Subrlnspector Black, who had made the application.Perry concluded the sentence with a vulgar epithet addressed to the official. "How dare you use such language," interrupted the magistrate sharply.' "Who are you? I_don't care," retorted the deserter instantly. His Worship quickly ended the unseemly display by fining Perry £5 or a fortnight's imprisonment -for contempt of court, and the prisoner was at once shut up in the prisoners' room.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 42, 18 February 1905, Page 5
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175AN IMPUDENT DESERTER. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 42, 18 February 1905, Page 5
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