MISSED HIS WIFE.
AND SMASHED A GRAMOPHONE ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES. "You will have to pay for thi« damage," said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., when Arthur George Johnson wa« charged at the Police Court this morning with having caused wilful damage to property to the value of £8 9/. Chief Detective Cummings said that on August 18 accused went home under the influence of liquor, and, as his wife was out, he went to a neighbour's, where he expected to find her. Upon being disappointed he vented hLs. feelings by going into the sitting room, where he damaged a gramophone, records and pictures. "He evidently thought *hifi wife was being enticed away from home. He was under the influence of liquor," said Mr. Hammond. Mr. Hunt: You will be fined 20/, and will have to pay for this. How long do you want? —Two months. "No. You didn't take a couple of months to smash up the property." "Can I have my name suppressed?"— "No."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 210, 5 September 1928, Page 8
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