BAD LUCK.
OLD OFFENDER GETS ANOTHER CHANCE. "Look here, can I say a word or two." was Alfred Massey's request immediately he stepped into the dock at the Police Court this morning on a charge of drunkenness. "It is nothing more than extremely bad luck." he said. "I came out of Mount Eden gaol at 4 o'clock on Saturday after doing 14 days, and I was going into the country to work on a poultry farm, but I had a few spots before I started for the country. I suppose I was 'stunned,' because the police are always right, but give me this chance
!to go to the country. I've never asked | for a chance T)efore." ! "Where do you usually live?" Mr. I McKean asked the old offender. I "Up in Mount Eden as a rule." replied Massev amidst laughter. Sub-Inspector McCarthy suggested that Massev should be given another chance. He was so drunk 011 Saturday that he had to be carried to the cells.
Massev was convicted and ordered to pay cab hire, 2/0.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 190, 13 August 1928, Page 5
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