DRUNK AT NINETY-FOUR.
Ninety-four years of age, a man who appeared at the Christchurch Magistrate's Court on a charge of drunkenness on Thursday morning, admitted that he should have known better.
He was a little man with a big beard, and looked very sorry for himself in the dock.
"I am a very old man," he told the Bench, "and drink affects me." . The Magistrate (Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.): How old are you ?—Ninety-four, sir.
"You are old enough to know bettei'." — "Yes, sir; I should be." "Is this the first time?"—"l was charged with drunkenness eighteen months ago." "Are you still Avowing?"—"Yes, sir; still able to do a bit of digging." "All right then. Convicted and discharged—clear out."
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Shannon News, 23 August 1927, Page 4
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120DRUNK AT NINETY-FOUR. Shannon News, 23 August 1927, Page 4
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