A VIRILE PROTESTANT.
- THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Hamilton, Thursday. A well dressed stranger, named Chas. Reed, appeared in court on a charge of supplying liquor to a prohibited person. Defendant, who was inebriated, pleaded guilty in a loud voice and asked if a man was allowed his liberty in this country. His Worship: No liberty in this eountly? Defendant said he had travelled in many countries and had never been treated us he had been here, The Magistrate fined him £3. Defendant: "I will never pay it." He protested that he couldn't pay. He had been cooking for the Territorials, and said that the country was in the hands of wowsers. He would leave its shores at the earliest possible moment. His Worship fixed the alternative to the fine at 14 days' imprisonment.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 232, 29 March 1912, Page 3
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137A VIRILE PROTESTANT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 232, 29 March 1912, Page 3
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