VAGRANTS BEFORE COURT.
PROSECUTIONS UNDER NEW ACT (PBESS ASSOCIATION TILEGBAM.) WELLINGTON, January 7. The first prosecutions under the Police Offences Amendment Act of last session, giving power to the police to arrest without a warrant persons they have reasonable cause to believe have insufficient lawful means of support, were heard by Mr W. G. Riddoll, S.M., to-day. Three men who had been sleeping out on Mount Victoria were advised to get work, convicted, and ordered to conic up within six months.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 17
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81VAGRANTS BEFORE COURT. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 17
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