GAOL OR DEATH
OLD MAN’S PLIGHT PRISON TERM IMPOSED “He wanders about the streets at night, and if we did not arrest him he would die of exposure.” William Sharpe, an Irishman aged 77, who was said by Sub-Inspector McCarthy to be in this condition, pleaded not guilty at the Police Court this morning to being idle and disorderly, in that he had insufficient visible means of support. A constable found the old man sleeping in Beresford Street near Western Park,” said Mr. McCarthy. “He had no money and had recently come out of gaol. He refuses to stay in the Salvation Army Home or the Infirmary, and when the constable mentioned the former home, he said he would rather go to gaol. The old man has also refused to stay with his daughter, who has offered to care for him.”
“He has been in and out of gaol since the beginning of 1927,” said Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., as he sentenced Sharpe to three months’ imprisonment.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 445, 29 August 1928, Page 16
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168GAOL OR DEATH Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 445, 29 August 1928, Page 16
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