POLICE COURT— Friday.
(Before W. Fraser, Esq., R.M.) Drunkenness. —Robert Prescott,Thomas Brett, and Alexander Campbell were dealt with in the usual manner for this offence. Alexander Campbell was also charged with using obscene language in Queenstreet, and stated that he knew nothing about the matter.—The apprehending constable having proved the charge, the defendant was fined 20s. and costs, oi in default, 48 hours imprisonment. A Philadelphia exchange relates how a ladv in San Francisco applied for a divorce on the ground that her husband was a “ confounded fool,” and the judge said that, if that plea were allowed, every man who married would be liable to the same imputation
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 25, 4 November 1871, Page 3
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