Justices' Court.
THIS DAY.
(Before E. S. Thynne and Alf Fraser, Esqrs., J.s P.
Samuel McLeod was charged with being drunk, and admitted the offence. He was fined ss, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Samuel Cate was charged as deemed to be a rogue and a vagabond, in that he has no visible lawful means of support, and that he has been previously convicted as an idle and disorderly person. Clara Walburton, wife of W. Walburton, gave evidence that the accused came to her house on Monday evening. She was a little way from the house when she saw him coming, and she ran to the house and only had time to lock the door when he got on the verandah. He said he wanted a drink of water and she told him to go away, but he would not. She took a gun to th« window and threatened to shoot him, but he did not leave tor some little time. He had been to the house about four weeks previously for something to eat. When accused was asked if he had any question to ask the witness, he asked the Bench if they were going to let him off. Annie Easton, wife of William Easton, said that the accused came to her house a month ago. She saw him on Monday run past her gate to Walburton's house.
Edmund Osborne saw accused on Monday, who asked for something to eat and drink, and gave it to him. Constable Forster deposed that the accused was well-known to the police. It was an old habit of his begging. He had been round all the back streets, and complaints had been made about lu'm. He gave a list of previous convictions which commenced in 1893 with 7 days' imprisonment lor being illegally on premises, and one month for indecent exposure. In 1894 he was twice sentenced to 21 days for being illegally on premises, and in 1895 he was sentenced to 12 months for vagrancy, and in 1896 to another 12 months for same offence, and in 1808 he was sentenced to 6 months again. The accused acknowledged to the correctness of the record. Having nothing to say for himself, he was sentenced to 6 months' hard labour.
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Manawatu Herald, 27 April 1899, Page 3
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377Justices' Court. Manawatu Herald, 27 April 1899, Page 3
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