DUMBFOUNDED VAGRANT
CHASE IN THE DOMAIN “EXCUSE ME, CONSTABLE” •‘Excuse me, constable, but you have the wrong man. That is the man you want over therel The constable, however, was not so easily put off, and as a result, John Arthur Crawford appeared at the Police Court this morning, charged with being idle and disorderly. Crawford explained that, owing to his being prohibited from hotels, he was unable to engage in his usual work. He admitted that he had run away from a policeman yesterday, but offered an explanation. “I was taking a walk in the Domain, reading a newspaper,” he said, “when a chap came up and asked me for a match. We were standing talking when he heard the constable’s horse, and ran, calling: ‘Here are the Johns.’ After hesitating for a moment, I ran, too, but the constable caught me. I explained that I was 'not the man, but the policeman said it was me he wanted. I was dumbfounded.” “When were you last discharged from prison?” asked Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., and on hearing that it was only three months ago, sent him back for another month.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 398, 5 July 1928, Page 1
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192DUMBFOUNDED VAGRANT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 398, 5 July 1928, Page 1
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