AN AWFUL BLUNDER.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 25 August 1916, Page 5

AN AWFUL BLUNDER.

AUCKLAND, August 24

A young man in Auckland made a most awkward mistake to-day. He took part in some festivities during the afternoon, and as a result made his way back to his boarding; house in Yin cent Street in a condition which is popularly described as “sozzled.” As he neared the house he recovered his wits sufficiently to recognise that there would be trouble if the landlady saw him in that state, so he decided on a strategic approach to his bedroom by way of a back window. He carried the movement with what he considered lo be masterly skill, reached the room, and was congratulating himself when the door was sudddenly opened and he was faced by a strange and very irate lady. His “explanations” only landed him in further trouble for the police were called and he was arrested on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime, for the time was 6.20 p.m., and the room he was found in w r as not in his boardinghouse at all. He spent a sad night of repentance in the cells, but things were straightened out when he faced the Magistrate this morning. Police inquiries had verified the young man’s statement that he was of a good character, and that he boarded at a house in Vincent Street, and had only mistaken the house, when he entered by the window with intent, not to commit a crime, but to conceal a folly. The charge was withdrawn.