THE CAPTURE OF CARRIE.

NZ Truth, Issue 234, 18 December 1909, Page 7

THE CAPTURE OF CARRIE.

A Voluptuary of Yogel- street.

Constable Butler, who sings out m a Btentorian voice the magic word, *'Silence" m the Dunedin Police Court, occasionally .ta»cs an evening walk m disguise, that is to say, m civilian attire, *and minus the gay uniform of Dinnie's dauntless detectors 08 doubtful deeds.. '. He wandered forth o n Thursday week,, last, to keep a watchful eye on the medals of doxological Dunedin, and took Constable Edwards along with him. As the two young constables strolled along m mufti, they were accosted by an an- j cL-nt. dame of uncertain ■ morals, named I Caroline Brown. After Butler and his pal had recovered from the first shock of .Carrie's conduct, they promptly "shooed" her off, and Carrie got. The constables' suspicions had been aroused, however, and. they kept the cold eye of supervision- on her. Their suspicions were justified by Carrie's subsequent misconduct, with' a man named John Trotter, a fireman of the s.s. Tarawera. Carrie was arrested, and faced Magistrate, Widdowson on Friday last to answer the charges of being a common prostitute and loitering and importuning in ' Vogel-street. Carrie, denied the allegation and brought Lawyer Scurr along to tend emphasis to her. denial. Hugh Henry Butler said that he had known Carrie as a common prostitute for some time. He >and Constable Edwards saw Carrie, m Vogel-street on Thursday night late, and she said to them, "You are i always here." He subsequently saw Carrie accost tw o men, and afterwards a third. They brought the third. man back, and he informed them, that he had given accused money for an improper purpose. Constable Edwards corroborated. He knew Carrie to be a common prostitute. Carrie's partner m iniquity, John Trotter, who shovels black diamonds and other oddments into the furnaces of the Tarawera, stepped gaily into the box to give evidence against the lady. Mr "Widdowson warned John that he might lay himself open to a criminal prosecution by giving evidence, but John decided to. speak his little piece, which was, decidedly damaging to Carrie's case. Mr Scurr said that Carrie had been le.iding an' exemplary lile since February last. She had been living with a man called Duncan m the country. They had come to Dunedin on their way to Wellington, and had taken out steamer tickets as far as Lyttelton. Mr Scurr here called up Caroline's partner Duncan from •the back of the Court to produce th© tickets. Mr Sexrr asked the beak to extend, leniency towards Carrie. After Mr Scurr had spoken m defence, C a rrie started an unintelligible peroration of lef own, which Mr Widdowson cut sJ'.ort by saying, "One month's imprisonment with hard labor." Qn hearing Ihe dread sentence, Carrie bur?t v into loud tearfulness. •'