A MARINE ARCADIAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 251, 22 October 1926, Page 6

A MARINE ARCADIAN.

ONLY "MERRY AND BRIGHT." BUT COLLIDED WITH POLICE. LET OFF LIGHTLY. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) " HAMILTON, tliis day. The disorderly behaviour of an intoxicated seaman on a train from Auckland last night resulted in Frederick Yeldon. a middle-aged man. appearing in Court to-day, charged with having been drunk on a train. Constable Atkins said he had to forcibly eject Yeldon from a carriage at Frankton. Accused offered great resistance, and the assistance of other passengers had to be enlisted. Yeldon questioned the constable as to the way he handled him, declaring that he got a smack in the mouth. The constable replied: "He bit my finger, and when I arrested him, he recited the Lord's Prayer. He had to be handcuffed and put in a taxi." Defendant said that money was taken from his pockets to pay the taxi fare, and this was confirmed by Sergeant Stark. Mr. Wyvern Wilson: Why was this done? The sergeant: It is a usual custom. Defendant said that a shipmate and himself had just returned from a long voyage and he was going home to his wife and children. He was just "merry and bright." Accused was fined 20/ and costs.