AFTER TWO YEARS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1436, 10 May 1912, Page 4

AFTER TWO YEARS.

Arrested for a hotel row. CSy Tele«raph-Freß9 Asiaclatton.l Auckland, May 9. Just on two years ago, when Mungawal was known as containing n pretty rough olcmonl, a littio disturbance at a hotel there resulted in a Scandinavian named Aaron Hendrickson being ordered out of (ho bar. Tht> man turned round and abused the hoiclkecner in vile iangimge, and (ho matter enme to the. ears of Const nWc -Moss, who was stationed at the township. Hendrickson was summoned to appear at court, but when the h'-ai'ii'l? day camo round ho had, disappeared, ino changing months brought Constable HosS to Auckland, and yesterday ho dropped across Hendrickson labouring in tne city streets. So the summons was unified altera lap-* of two years, and Hendrickson had no option but to answer' the call of the court this time. He admitted tlie use of obscenity. It was stated that (ho man's otioneo was the rpsuU ot a Iphso into drinking after Hendrickson had led a respectable, sober existence, and that the shock of the summons had brought h ; m back to the mark of resnectubilitv. It was the turning of a new leaf that "had kept him hidden for so long, for ho had done nothing to bring him within tho police ken. Ho was convicted and fined £-j, and -58. costs.