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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 6

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';-:■".; • \ UNEMPLOYED ORGANISER'S BREACH. Herbert Edwin Barnsley, aged 60 years, describod as organiser to the Ohristchurch Unemployed Relief Association, was sentenced in the Magistrate's Court on Saturday to three months' imprisonment. with hard labour on a charge of failing to comply with the terms of, his release on Erobat'ion. It was stated that although e>bad'been drinking .frequently, he had failed to pay a penny, during the ■time he had been in Chnstchurch; ot the sum be was ordered to pay as restitution for. .an, offence in i)annevirke in June last year. : Mr E. D. 'Mpfchm was, an the .Bench. Mr W, H. IfcrbyV'Probation Officer, said that Barnsley, was an accountant by profession, and was a married man with jtwo. children. He believed that he* was' living apart from" J" 8 wife. On June 17th of last year ho Was released on probation for i-f 'months by the Dannevirkfe Court on a charge of failing'to account for the sum of'£l9 10s; He was'ordered to pay £2 a month as restitution, but durfne the eight months Barnsley had. , been m Chrfetchurch nothing had been paid. He had.found the greatest difficulty-in dealing with Barnsley,for reasons that would be obvious to the Court. He had bad : no satisfactipn -from him ~ .whatever, as bis : prora&» f'of payment were never- iul- , Lately Barnsley had been act-ving-aa'secretary to the Unemployed Relief Association, and , apparently, there had been some trouble. A mat-, , • Wr, Aired ih the Court a few'dayst ago confirmed bis .suspicions m this direo- . Wi, .He wrote to Barnsley. formally .demanding, paymerit but altbough Cjforn&ey visited himi.be told Barnsley, that the matter had gone too far, and Was in, the hands ot the-Court. -jJarnsley' had ,been. lately than -was good t for him, and "there «was: reason to suppose that mpney 'that should have gone to the .Court, had gone m another'direction.. He", (the" speaker) declined to take, further -responsibility. ■• ■ • • When asked «** h » d anything to .say, Barnsley stated, that he had not been in. a .position to make payment. S was that bo had evidence •proving his innocence.m the Dannevirke.*ase,.when the Magistrate interrupted him. . '. ~'; „ _ <H "We.are not mm into that, said Mr- Mosloy. "How much have you spent in drink?" ' :The accused: Very little, 'the Magistrate: You. should not drink afc all-in your Potion iS.«n,indulgence granted by the Court to those who have broken the "country's laws. The terms must .be strictly adhered to under penalty ot imprisonment.. Have you got £8 or half of that sumP , . . '' The accused: I Tiave not got eight'PeK Magistrate: Very well. Three months' imprisonment with uaru labour.. ,* f