TOLD THE MAGISTRATE

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1927, Page 4

TOLD THE MAGISTRATE

LONDON, Aug. 16

Twenty-four years ago a general labourer threatened to murder his wile and served three months in pri.s on for assault—since when she has not met him. He lives at Bethnal Green and she lives in Camberwell, After 24 years she applied for the enforcement ol a maintenance order on which she has received only one payment. ’1 he magistrate granted a warrant and he will lie a very- much surprised general labourer who will he arrested during tile week end. Somebody will have to introduce him to nix wife.

William the batman is a very lucky man. A hard worker, whether it he serving bottles of milk or half-pints of beer, he is afflicted with the wanderlust, and when Die fit "is on him he takes whatever money he can End and a, prolonged holiday. He stole £9O from his brother-in-law, and went to Paris, and his sister saved him from prosecution. Next lie was short £3O in his accounts as a milkman, and went to Southend. Finally he felt a longing to see Clacton-on-Sea, and departed with £l6 from the bar. The magistrate ordered him to repay the £l6 and bound him over with a surety of £2O to be of good behaviour for 12 months. I repeat. William is a very luckv man.

And Michael Sullivan has nothing to complain about. He is a street hawker, and a police officer generously gave him a good character. But on Wednesday he had a c-arousal, and when a man objected to his filthy language he hit the protesting one on the ear, knocking Him to the ground. Michael escaped with a os fine for being drunk and binding over tor the assault. Kara afs cheap .in Camberwell.

Edith, who wore spectacles on her nose and a red flower in her hat, supposed she had been drunk because she had a bad leg and a bruised arm. P.C. 219 P did not suppose anything. He knew that Edith was drunk, because she icame up to him when he was controlling the traffic, hung on to his tunic, and asked him to find a taxicab. Being busy with a dozen tramway cars and twice as many omnibuses, P.C. 219 P declined to look for a taxicab, whereupon Edith made herself at home on a street refuge, and said she would wait until P. C. 21‘JP had controlled the traffic, hatching the traffic go by cost her 15s fid.

A little comic relief was provided by the case of George—a jovial old fellow with a, face like a Toby jug.

it was 10 years since he last paid a visit to the dock, and lie was looking about him with interest when the clerk asked him if he bad been di link “What's he says" he appealed to the gaoler. “Drunk! Had too much to drink, anyway!” and he grinned familiarly at the gaoler. First composing it. he turned his face to the magistrate. “It was like this, sir.” he explained. "T went along with some of my mates—and, no you know. 1 think it was the little drop of whisky 1 lmd on top of the beer that did it!” He will not be able 'to afford to mix his drinks again for a week probably, for the court confiscated his beei money—s s. Full of gallantry— and beer -Edward William greeted with pretty speeches two girls whom ho found sheltering in a Hammersmith doorway from one of Friday's showers. ('alike the weather. Edward William would not “dry up.” so the gi>l s became annoyed with him. He was still paying them alcoTinlic compliments when a policeman tame along and shut him up.

Edward William was extremely sorry - really. “Believe me., sir." he said to the magistrate, “it is not conduct of which 1 make a habit. Mr Camellor eyed him sternly and Edward William trembled when he heard him say: “I don’t know whether r ought not to send you to prison.” However, as it was his first attempt at tiusoher philandering, he escaped with a line of -IDs. John, tired and Hurried, mumbled that he. could not "remember much about it.” but the policeman who gathered him up train the wayside had not. forgotten, so he thought it was easiest to say that he was di oak ■•ll must have been all through my working so long without a rest. sir. 1,0 mused. ”1 worked all day Thursday and right through Friday night and then, instead of having a sleep 1 lmd a glass to much.” 11,, .i IP 1,;,,l Z'A Is <m him. so he had to pay I Os. In bio,,vn and I !■;<'. ample 1 ■ on agin a made the dock pinto I right. With her weather-browned face as well she looked a regular daughter of the open spaces. A policeman s.V-J be heard her threatening ! . “d > things ’ In another woman, but Georgina said sue was only eating fish and chips, ami tli.it the officer must have mistaken. It. was hardly conceivable that the process of eating tish and chips- eloquent though il might be in Georgina's ease—-eauld be >u i >:m e-.sive a - tbo words l!i! pnliciunau suid she u.-ed. If she does mil pay IBs and Bis Cd costs Georgina will “■ lor seven da vs.