HIS BIG DAY

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 9

HIS BIG DAY

. 4> — . — Hunter For Thrills Gets Them (From "N.Z. Truth's" Gisborne Rep.) Although Gisborne caters pretty well for the average man during carnival week, what with the races, and, this year the added attraction of Tom Heeney's fight for world supremacy, there are some people who are not satisfied with the excitement provided, WINCENT ALLISON McCARDLE, apv parently, is not an average man. Good racing and good beer did not quench his thirst for the thrill of life. Either one or the other, or possibly both, imbued him with amorous desires, so he pushed his way into the ladies' cloak room. The fact that the young lady m charge did not retux*n his proferred affection, did not deter him. After being repulsed once, he returned again to the fray, and emboldened perhaps by further libations, endeavored to implant a kiss on the young lady's lips. She, however, was one of the type from whom such favors cannot be wrung, so she wriggled from his grasp, and disregarding his disagreeable advances and an offer of money, took refuge behind a closed door. Fortunately, the police were on the scene before the irate father of the girl could . vent his wrath upon the pushing Vincent, and the latter was taken m charge. KEEPER OF THE POOR The accused admitted his indiscretion to the police, adding: "I know I'm a mongrel, but I didn't mean any harm."' When Vincent appeared before Magistrate Levvey these facts were adduced, and the accused's statement when asked to plead, was that he remembered very little about the affair. He told the. magistrate that he suffered from nerves, and frequently, broke doWrt. He had suffered with his head all the week, and this was the cause of the trouble. ' THo police, however, were of the opinion that drink had more to dp With the matter than nerves, and added that Vincent had approached a number of women with indelicate suggestions. * After obtaining a report from the probation officer, the magistrate intimated that he was not satisfied, and a further remand was granted to enable a medical opinion to be obtained. Vincent, however, had another charge to explain, that of driving a motor-car m a manner that might have been dangerous. According 1 to the police, he sent his car on a docidedly irregular career. He was alleged to have driven at 50 miles an hour m the town, and to have finished up by taking a corner over the footpath—and also a verandah post with him — then zig-zagging into two or three stationary cars before his engine fortunately stalled. Otherwise he might have been still going. Vincent told the court, what it presumed on the evidence, that he really was not m a fit state to drive that day at all, and that he had only the faintest recollection of what occurred. On this charge, too, he was remanded for sentence.