EVICTED HIS FAMILY
“BLEW UP HIS MONEY ON BEER” POLICE HEAR LANGUAGE Coming home considerably the worse for liquor on Saturday evening, Wiiliam F r rancis Trott put his family out in the street and made such a disturbance in the house, using bad language, that the police had to be caiied. a cooper, aged 52, said at the Police Court this morning that he could remember nothing of the affair. He was charged with being found drunk in Parnell Road and using indecent language. “This man seems to be able to get money for anything but the support °t his family," said Sub-Inspector McCarthy, “As soon as he gets any money he blows it up in beer and then comes home and wrecks the house.”
Sergeant Brown, of the Newmarket Police, said that the man had turned nis wife and family out in the street. “This is just a sample of the language he used.” said the sergeant, indicating the few words on the charge sheet. “Trott had two black eyes uud was mad drunk. He does no kork and his wife is receiving eharitable aid.”
‘TU give you three months the next lime I see you here,” remarked Mr. IC. Hunt, S.M., imposing a fine of £2, in default seven days’ imprisonment on the second charge.. On the count of drunkenness Trott was con>>cted and discharged.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 787, 7 October 1929, Page 1
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