PECULIAR BEHAVIOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 260, 2 November 1928, Page 5

PECULIAR BEHAVIOUR.

ON GRAFTON BRIDGE.

ARREST FOR DRUNKENNESS. HALF WAY UP PARAPET. The peculiar behaviour of John Albert Earlly (36), on Graf ton Bridge, about 6.15 p.m. last evening, caused two men> to send for a constable, who arrested the man on a charge of drunkenness. One of the witnesses said that he saw Earlly with one foot on the ledge. He was half-way up the, parapet and was looking over into the' gully. This was about the middle of the bridge. He was drunk. Another witness who also saw accused, remaining near him until a constable arrived, stated that Earlly made a remark ''that there was nothing left in life for him." A brother of accused told the magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., that accused should have gone by a midday train yesterday to commence a job in the country. Witness did not think that his brother had any intention of going over the side of the bridge. He had a lame leg, and might have been resting it. Mr. Hunt: Well, you have heard what the second witness has said. Accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, while he was prohibited. His brother undertook to see that he left for the country to-dav.