IN STRANGE HOUSE.
MAIM WALKS UP TO BED. FOUND ASLEEP BY OWNER. f [? "MEANT NO HARM." Jolm Braslin (40), a labourer, who Hve<3 at Devonport, occupied the dock at the Police Court this morning for the first time in liis life. He pleaded guilty when charged with being found without lawful excuse on enclosed premises, Park Road, Auckland, on Saturday night. '"This man, while under the influence, of liquor, entered a house in Park Road, •walked upstairs and went to bed," explained Sub-Inspector McCarthy. "When the lady of the house went upstairs to put the lights out, she found Braslin asleep. Braslin meant no harm and did not go to the house for any wrongful purpose." "I suppose he spent a night in the police cells ?" asked Mr. Hunt, the magistrate. "Yes, sir, he did," replied the subinspector. "He would not get such a comfortable bed there, but was in no danger of being disturbed," said Mr. Hunt. (Laughter.) Braslin was fined £2, or seven days' imprisonment.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 123, 27 May 1929, Page 8
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