“DOWN-AND-OUT LUCK”
UNHAPPY PRISONER PLEA FOR XMAS FREEDOM one place in the world "7 where George Stokes, aged 52, did not wish to spend Christmas was Mount Eden prison. He made a strong and partially effective plea at the Police Court to-day. Stokes pleaded guilty to a charge of ii ing obscene language. Senior-Sergeant McCarthy said that accused had only been out of prison two weeks. On Saturday he followed two women, caught hold of one, and then used the language to her. “I was under the influence of liquor,” said Stokes, “I’ve known the women for 20 years, and when I met them one thing led on to another, and I used strong words.” “Look, your Worship,” he said, “I ask for leniency. My wife and daughter are in town for Christmas, and I want to go away with them. “Somehow,” he added reflectively, “my luck seems all down and out lately. I used language, but they’re making it a bit hot saying that I said what's down on that paper.” Stokes was fined £3, in default seven days’ imprisonment.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 231, 19 December 1927, Page 1
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