WHEN THE SERJEANT ARRIVED

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 10

WHEN THE SERJEANT ARRIVED

Tired off Waiting For Constable, He Found Him InThe Bar

FORGOT HIS OJJTY AND PAID PENALTY

(^om^N;Z:>Truth'sM;Spe6ral Dunedin Representative). V It might giyeAa publican- a feeling; pf security when, serving drinks at iO;3Q^>;m.i a uniformed constable is standing with a drinking group iat the sergeant happens to- be peeping the street-window blind, things t ymay;"notbe'as^^ '/-'-Y' :^ " ":■ .'' : '^. : ' '■'//■' .';'' ''

A^ about that hour .; oh^evehihg'^rpr X> ;^cently, the licfensefe of •the'.. Port :,y: Chalmers .Hotel .was yactingA the b,usy host, to a little ..group, fathered; round his. private bar. .".' ;AmongA' the Agroup . was . . Constable Leonard Garlick, .upon whose shouldei;s until .five o'clock the next morning rested solely- 'the safety of the little' seaport aiid. its sleeping. .villagers. . ', , ' The sociability of A th'e. bar 'evidently, gripped Garlick so firmly "that -he forgot that the' Shepherd of ythe -fold, so. to speak—Sergeant Mc'Maje^yas . jinxious^ iy M^ '^.y^ppare'ntly .' Gaxljck i:Kadfe 'fouhdy ;; J - ahbther "spot"—^warmer and more ..'-cdngenial . than, f the y cold,; .dark-:; A'street6-^and the , sergeant v :;was left to hirhjßeif.' yy- A'A ;.-' > '„-? ;. p^b;aps/, i t, - : ' '^as'- instinct, but- .within' a- few -''.ijiinut.es.: the -senior officer decided -tQ.^walk- along towards the .Port Chalmers Hotei, wherein ". he spied : a light, and 'upon his practised ears' fell the sound yof y gay; conversation. -\ . A' convenient crack ia. the' .Venetian bl^nd'. vof the ' private bar-room : drew the; sergeant closer; 1 and putting' his eye.\ to the aperture, he .^spotted . amoiig^ a small grpup round the bar 'counter, one of 'whom .he had absolutely no doubt', was. .a. policeman,, in Aunifbrrh. y. As 'a result, Constable \Le ward Gatlick had -to stand ■ before Mr. Jy R. Bartholomew? .'- S;M.^iri •■* the ■■■ cit£ • pblice v

court to answer a charge , of being found yunlawifully on licensed premises after hour's. , A ..■"'"' , '■ He'pleaded not guilt^. The evidence given by Sergeant Mcßae and Constable Paul t .however, outweighed the defaulting constable's assertion that he was on the premises m the course of - his lawful duties, and while 'there had taken the names of the two other men whom the sergeant' had • • seen m, the bar. '. .!. ' • Much discussion between counsel and Sub-inspector Cummings during the cross-examination of -witnesses protracted the proceedings. . ', Garlick was convicted and fined £2, with 10/- court. costs; ■'■■;. • 1 . Unless Garlick appeals within seven days of tlie conviction; he will probably, "Truth" understands, have to say good-bye. to his "old shako."