HUMBLED HUMBY.

NZ Truth, Issue 70, 20 October 1906, Page 3

HUMBLED HUMBY.

There is an old saw, ''The biggest fools have the best luck," and an illustration of it was produced at the Police Court on Tuesday last when a world-weary looking josser named Walter- Humby breasted the Peter to answer the old, old story of being drunk and breaking a prohibition order. Magistrate Kettle 'asked Humby to give an account of himself ; but the cove dreamily answered that he could not remember anything t.';out the boozing bout which necessitated his annearance thf 1 . morning. He did not know where he got drunk or how he got drunk, or anything about it. He went on to say that he did not do any work . and wh^n asked how he managed to hang out, he made the surprising statement that he had been living on his means. It appears that Humby's pa obligingly wheeled his barrow over "the border last January and Humby started to BLEW THE SUM OF £260 the old man had left behind him. He had a snorting time and done the whole lot m and confessed that he drew the last out of the bank a week ago. It had all gone m drink and gambling, he said woefully. Humby told the beak that he would not drink any more ; but said it was no good renewing the prohibition order as he could always get drink when he wanted it. Mr Kettle, 5.M.,, told the fool that he -would not get any for a month/whether he wanted it or not. They don't stock Speight's double X at Mount Eden, not for prisoners anyway.