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HER 142 TH CONVICTION

.-. : « ' INTERLUDE IN THE POLICE . COURT. The well-known figure of a little woman who has made ■ sufficient entrances and exits to the Magistrate's Court to amass a total of one hundred and forty, convictions entered against her, again took' up her position in the dook yesterday morning, etayed there a> short time, and departed with the knowledge that she has now a grand total of 142 entries to her credit in the Big Book. The behaviour responsible for yesterday's reappearance was that Bhe had entered a certain boardinghouse and in retaliation for her summary ejection had taken off her shoes 'and heaved both at the window. Following this up witfh a few other missiles, she managed to account for three winj dowe. As usual, the little woman was profuse in her explanations. i"I went into the house, your Worship," she said, "and as soon as I'd spent my money they put me out. Yes, they put me out." "Gqt tired of you like," dryly remarked the magistrate. The little woman ignored this suggestion, and rambled along in her path of explanations, The magistrate then gave the accused ! the' option of twenty-one days in gaol, !or payment of. fines, breakages, and costs aggregating £2 18s. "Thank you, sir; God bless you," murmured the lady as aho left ithe dock. __^____^^__

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2253, 12 September 1914, Page 4

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221

HER 142TH CONVICTION Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2253, 12 September 1914, Page 4

HER 142TH CONVICTION Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2253, 12 September 1914, Page 4

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