DRUNK IN A CHURCH
AN APPEAL THAT FAILED. Ashburton, December 1. Some time ago three local residents were convicted of being rogues and vagabonds as the result of what the evidence indicated was a drunken scene by night in the Baptist Church. Subsequently one secured a. rehearing and was acquitted on the ground that he went there to look after a. friend.
To-day (In* second man, Peter George Gourdie, secured a rehearing on the ground that though sober when he pleaded guilty at the Court the next day, he was suffering from the liquor of the previous evening and was not properly fit 10 defend himself. The rehearing was granted and proceeded with, the Justices finally dismissed the case, stating that Gourdie’s conduct was reprehensible, but there was no evi deuce that he was in the church for a criminal purpose.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2667, 4 December 1923, Page 2
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141DRUNK IN A CHURCH Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2667, 4 December 1923, Page 2
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