A Ne'er do Well.
[Wellington Paper.] The young man, H. A Nickolls, who was apprehended at Porirna on Tuesday last on a charge of forgery, may with truth be characterised as one of the colonies decidedly bad bargains. He was an apprentice to a large mercantile marine firm m London, bat left that employ, and arrived m the colony nbout eighteen months or two years ago as a second class passenger m a ship, m which he managed to excite a mutiny amongst the crew, and he was then pat m irons for the remainder of the voy« nge. Immediately on landing he commenced a drinking bout, being well sup* plied with funds by his friends at Home^ and upon these being exhausted,} he forged a cheque, for a small sum; his excuse upon his trial being that he expected a remittance from England m time to take up the forgery, A second time he committed a similar offence, and at present he is m custody on a third charge of a like nature. It may be presumed that it is the old experi* meht "tried "again of 'sending a youth to the colonies so that he may reap theorbo of the wild oats he sowed at Home,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 190, 18 July 1883, Page 2
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208A Ne'er do Well. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 190, 18 July 1883, Page 2
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