"QUITE A GOOD CITIZEN."

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 6

"QUITE A GOOD CITIZEN."

DESPITE MANY CONVICTIONS. MAGISTRATE THINKS NOT. GAOL FOR RESISTING POLICE. "I'm quite a good citizen. It's only a little drop of drink that gets mc into trouble," so George Keen an (33) j n _ formed Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at tho Police Court this morning. Keennn was charged with being drunk in Customs Street, using obscene lan-, guage, and with resisting Constable Johnston while in the execution of M» duty. "Well, what do you know about him? ,, asked Mr Hunt of tho senior sergeant. Senior Sergeant Edwards: Oh, quite a lot, your Worship Here's his long list of previous convictions. Koenan is anything but a decent citizen, lie has 29 convic. tions, and 10 of them are for resisting the police. Tho last time, in he received two months for Tpsistinoand lie is not long , out of Mount Eden. The language was upod last night when the theatres were coming out. lie resisted violently and had to flbo thrown and handcuffed. Mr. Hunt: H'm; this seems to te Wβ favourite offence—resisting the police. I think you arc a -bad citizen, Keenan. Keenan: Oh, no, sir; I'm quite, all right. Mr. Hunt: Aro you? One month's imprisonment. Keenan (with tears in his eyes): Oh, please sir. don't send mc to gaol Mr. Hunt: You should have thought ol all that before. Take him away.