VAGRANT FROM CHINA
“MARKING TIME FOR REST HOME” GAOL FOR 12 MONTHS ! Arriving in the Dominion from i China in 1928, James Gordon McManu has since served nine months in gaol i for vagrancy, according to Senior-Ser- \ geant O’Grady at the Police Court this i morning. He was sentenced to a fur- : ther 12 months’ imprisonment. ■ MeMann, a telegraphist, aged 28, pleaded guilty to being an incorrigible rogue, having insufficient visible : means of support and having been previously convicted of being a rogue and a vagabond. The senior-sergeant said accused had been found in a shed near Luna Park :at 1.45 this morning. He was only just | out of gaol. The Salvation Army had j tried to help him, but he wouldn't ! work and spent all his money on drink. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.: Subnormal, I | suppose. “He is marking time for the half. i way house,” remarked Staff-Captain | Holmes of the Salvation Army. After sentencing accused to 12 months' imprisonment, the magistrate i remarked that he hoped there would I be somewhere beside gaol where act cused could be sent by the time his ! sentence was served.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 871, 15 January 1930, Page 1
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189VAGRANT FROM CHINA Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 871, 15 January 1930, Page 1
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