“SHEER NECESSITY”
EX-SAILOR WEARS UNIFORM NO WORK FOR TWO YEARS It was not fondness for the sea that made Cecil Walter Stanton, a former member of His Majesty’s Navy, wear his uniform on Milford Beach. It was sheer necessity. Nevertheless. Stanton had been discharged from the Navy and had no right to wear his uniform, except on special occasions, and as a result he appeared in the Police Court yesterday. Senior-Sergeant Edwards explained to the court that Stanton had lived with his mother, who was in poor circumstances, for two years, without doing any ork. He had worn the uniform from “sheer necessity.” He had not done his share in the home. He suggested that the young man should be placed under control for a while. He was apparently not anxious for work.
The probation officer, Mr. Campbell, undertook to look after him. “I’ll soon find him work,” he said. Stanton was therefore convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called on within the next six months.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 44, 14 May 1927, Page 15
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