OLD MAN'S ECCENTRIC ACT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 4

OLD MAN'S ECCENTRIC ACT.

! GOT HIMSELF. ARKESTED. • i' By Tclonraiih—P;o«« , ( Auckland, January 5, ,"Ah old mail who had got him* . self artested iniblioe of anoUfft on Now; Yoart Day was "set free in *.hd' Polico V : Court:'after,■-having"been■ in. Custody for «•» neatily three days. He appealed under. ~, tho name, of Donald M'lntyw.i charged , with that in August, l l9ll (over 10 months. ago), ho stolo tlireo bottles of whisky bev, >. ; longing to A. 11. Nathan■! afid Co;, from ' the Auckland wharf.' . ? .J k ■ ;.-J ' ' The story. told by Chicf-Dewotiva v M'Mahon was that, in consequence of a , theft of whisky, tho polioo eet out after .a'' ' .wharf labourer named Dotald M'lntyre,' but failed to get trace of him till quits recently. Then, ■on New Year's Day, a constable pounced on tho present prisoner, and told mm that his nam© was M'lntyro, • aiid that ho was charged with stealing , whisky, PriSonor : was not arrested at onco, but, in oonv<!rsiition with the conBtable. ho modo a''statement implicating himself. Ho stated that ha'was working ~ , on the wharf at the time, 1 and ho ottered i! 25 to have the matter hushed up. That resulted in his attest, but when prepara- i • tions'for tho prosecution were prooeeded with find witnossos wom brought to town to prove the oase, it was found that tho arrested ,man was not M'lntyro at oil. In fact it was discovered that tho, man was . jiot b, labourer, and had never worked on the wliaif, and tho only rcfwon that could bo fouhd, for his oxtmordinary. Btatomcnt , ~ (which ho had road ovef and signed) wta , i' that h6 at tim« 3' indulged in things that were not good for him. ' .\ , . . . The polico inade tho disoovory of wrong v identity, and they had tho mail brought up on the charge and offered no evidcnco. Tho Caso was consequently dismissed.