TOO LAZY TO EAT.
A LABOURER’S RECORD!” A record in laziness seems to have been attained by Henry James Pearson, a Clapton porter. When he was charged at the North London Police Court with neglecting to maintain his three young children, prosecuting counsel said he had been arrested because he was too lazy to attend on a summons. The man was, added counsel, too lazy to work, to apply for the unemployment dole, to get parish .relief, or even to walk to the Court. It was because he had dpne nothing that proceedings had been taken against him. The magistrate remanded the man, who was told he could have a meal. Then Pearson reached the climax of his laziness, observing that he would not trouble to eat the meal.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2341, 13 October 1921, Page 1
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129TOO LAZY TO EAT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2341, 13 October 1921, Page 1
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