WANTED GAOL
EFFORT TO AVOID SAILING Determined that he would not sail on his ship, the Lady Lewis, Frederick Charles Johns broke a window in tthe Post Office last evening, hoping that the imposition of a term of imprisonment would keep him in gaol until the ship had sailed. Johns, a' fireman, aged 49, was charged at the Police Court this morning with wilfully damaging a window belonging to the New Zealand Government to the extent of 10s. He pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector McCarthy said that the man’s story was that he broke the window because he preferred gaol to sailing on his ship. He would have to be put on board anyway. Johns was convicted and ordered to pay expenses. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M . also ordered that accused be placed on board his ship immediately.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 834, 30 November 1929, Page 13
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136WANTED GAOL Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 834, 30 November 1929, Page 13
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