POLICE COURT
i Before Mr F. V. Fra«r, ( S.M.) DRtrNKESNESS. One first offender was fined 5/, tsi Fraak Whorsley 1401. for & mctsjJ offence, had to pay 10 . Henry Jofe Williamson |71), who had been cmgii driir.k once a morrlh for the put Srs month*, came up again, and he wae coanutted to RoLoroa Inland for a period of twelve months. Edmund A. Robertson (40), foT catmilling a nuisance when he wu dnak, wa« .fined 40/. -TO HIS OWN TJSE." William Laurence PuUinger (36) *v eharpo-d that at Hikuranjri on June — he obtained £10 from T. J. MeFuhad, on .July 29 tv? received another £10 fna the hamr person, and at Whtngirei es August 7 iie received l 4 j/6 from Erarj Chceseman. all on terrru retiming Ida to pay same to E. A. Perkins, and he converted the same to hui own rae. On the request of Chief-Detective Ik Mahon, who mentioned that there tit a probability of other charge b*ii| preferred, accused was reOwaded to apr-ear at VVV.angarei on Thursday texi wp«-k, and bail was fixed at opt surttj of £100 or two of £50 each, NOTHING TO BE PROUD OS. "It doesn't appeal m mc as soiaetlusj to t>e at all proud of. I dost kae* whether you yourself are ashamed «f it, when you think that there are tia others out in the trenches giving ilsir lives for you as well ac for the reß of us. especially when all that is o*k?i of you is to drill for an ho«rvon»* fortnight to make yourself fit forcorJK if vcu should be vented." Thus is Wo'rehip delivered himself to W. 8. Phillips, a Senior Cadet, i'tib BtaUdtW he had no excuse for not hiring ttr tended drill since February, except tW he just didn't go. It was t>ta.te<l tha.t defendant w*t ssl age to ha.ye been transferred in 3& from the Cadets to the TerritaraU. His Worship remarked th»t ob tjss occasioji defendant -.touM get & &&* fine of £2 and costs, but'in futans-fe pexeißtent. failure to attend dnlic te would become liable to a Tern tori*! "Sat of £5. L. Carr, who- gavp as an excuse :-■" not attending drills that he hai'«rt» ccived notification of the dates, t* iniormed that the onus was on bim U ascertain the drill nights, and wsa fe*i •£5, reducible to £4 if he atterfel drills regularly for three mantis. StISCEIX.VFTEOCS. DoruUd A. McPherAon and Salph I«S for cyciinif on footpctirj, were e«di 5/ cad 1/ coats.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 4
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