MYSTERY 01’ 11,000. PARIS, .Jan. 2:!. Surprise lias been caused at .the ’Junior Paris Court of Criminal Appea' l,v the arrest of “Henri,” the eonliden tiiil usher of the court, well-known t< nil i!io jmlj'os, mi a oi su'coptinjj bribes. Short, stout, hlaek-hea riled, anil wearing many decorations, Henri, whe is 10, was repeatedly appealed to bv distracted women whose husbands were charged before the court with requests to use his intluonee on their behalf with the judges. It is alleged that Henri, whose surname is Luneau, has been in the. habit of accepting sums varying from Co to CIO for efforts which he promised to make on behall of prisoners. His reply to the charge was that he might have received occasional tips for minor services hut not bribes. Search of 1 1 is house, however, revealed a sum of over Cl,ooo, the source of which he was unable to explain. His neighbours state that lie had lately been living on a scale obviously above his salary. Henri had a brilliant career in the Army, winning a commission and the .Military .Medal. I,allies! No matter how slender you may be, you will be quite heavy enough to lift the world into thrift and harmony provided you always xfse. the genuine world-lifting goods—OOT.DF.N 11ULF, Tea. GOLDEN RULE Soap, GOLDEN RULE Candles, GOLDEN RULE Writing Tablets, the THINK Ell Pictorial Note Rooks. NO RUBRING Laundry Help, and KEEP SMTLTNG Boot Poßh “So say all of UR.”—Hokitika Grocc-s. WOLFE’S SCHN A PPS—Agreeable and beneficial. A tonic beverage.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1921, Page 4
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