‘WHICH DO YOU PREFER;

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 527, 3 December 1928, Page 14

‘WHICH DO YOU PREFER;

PRISON OR PROHIBITION? LABOURER MAKES HIS CHOICE “Which do you prefer—Ukinout a prohibition order or doing J month’s hard labour?” This was the choice, offered bv u. F. K. Hunt, S.M., that George Har Smith Hampson had to face at ■ Police Court this morning. Hampson, a labourer, aged : pleaded guilty to being found drur.i Victoria Street, and guilty provocation to using obscene langiu Sub-Inspector McCarthy asked the issue of a prohibition "order - ’ man had been causing a great deal trouble to his wife and family. Hampson: It is the missus who la been making me drink. “Which do you prefer?” asked the magistrate. “To take out a prohibit order or do a month’s hard labour" Hampson: I will have the order The Magistrate: Somehow I thoiai you would do that. Hampson joined in the laughsagainst himself. Ho was fined is a the first charge, and convicted an discharged for using obscene laoguar OUTBURST ON RACECOURSE Hector Dean, a labourer, aged who used vile language on the recourse at Takapuna on Saturday, m fined £2 and costs. He pleaded guilty to using obscerlanguage and being found drunk, belt: fined an additional 5s on the secon: charge. “Was he mixed up in a riot?” aske: the magistrate. “Sorie of these rac* course affairs are sometimes serious. Sub-Inspector McCarthy: No. E was merely drunk and resented it wbt: someone spoke to him.