Second Instalment
DOLICE-CELL accommodation is usually looked upon as bejng aratis. But William George Lambden, draper-hawker residing at Green Island, seems to have experienced some irregularity of custom.
Two days he-, spent, m the, Dunedin gaol and. .when he passed through to take up a position m fihe dock of the police court, he met with a bill for '20/-.
, But the quidlet had nothing to do with William's 48, hours' rations at the expense of the State, beyond the fact that it was the balance — as assessed by Magistrate Bundle — due m full payment, for the privilege of "using obscene language," his. "sojourn"- m the cooler being the first instalment.
Four days' imprisonment was set down, as the alternative to the ■'• £1 fine. V
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NZ Truth, Issue 1195, 25 October 1928, Page 3
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125Second Instalment NZ Truth, Issue 1195, 25 October 1928, Page 3
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