UNABLE TO WORK
OLD MAN’S TROUBLE SHORT TERM IN PRISON “I’m not well enough to work,” said John George Hobson, aged 67, when he pleaded guilty at the Police Court this morning to a charge of being idle and disorderly. Sub-Inspector Lewin said that Hobson had nowhere to sleep and had done no work for some time. He was in a filthy condition and needed cleaningup. .. , . The Magistrate: Have you applied to the Salvation Army for help? Accused: Not lately. I was up there once, but I did not get on very well with them. . , , The Magistrate: That<was probably your fault. Hobson was sentenced to a month s imprisonment.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 84, 30 June 1927, Page 3
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109UNABLE TO WORK Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 84, 30 June 1927, Page 3
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