"IN THE NAME OF THE LAW"

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2224, 10 August 1914, Page 8

"IN THE NAME OF THE LAW"

A CUBA STREET INTERLUDE. Shopping folk in the vicinity of Lower Cuba Street 011 Saturday afternoon were treated to ono of those interesting little oomedy dramas that aro now and then happening in real life. A policeman was the principal actor. Ho was engaged in an endeavour to bring to justice the villain—an inebriate who was struggling with all the stubbornness of liis kind to evade tho -attention of the man in blue. Tho policeman wag not meeting with too much success and-lie called on a loquacious watcher in tlip vicinity for help. Tho loquacious one, however, instead of lending material help with his limbs, only increased the activity of his tongue. Presently down the road with military trend came three territorials. The spectators grew interested. The vexed guardian of the law appealed to them—tliey were only too willing. No sooner, however, did' the threo young soldiers lay hands on the obstreperous one than retribution came swift and terribla on the wordv individual who had failed to respond to the call of the law. The policeman turned round and seized him. He endeavoured to emnlato the baccliic-one's resistance but failed—miserably. An interesting procession of sis wended 1 their, way to the 1 police station.