INTRUDER CAUGHT.
[entering Natives , tent. OF SIX MONTHS. ; i"PEST/-TO THE COMMUNITY. ,, -"'• \. (By, Telegraph.—Press Association.) , ■!„''.' STAPIEK, this day. ■ Two native V entertainers, Henare ' Tawhiri and' Dave Nicholls, while camped near the river last night, heard sounds. caused by the movements of an ;: unwelcome visitor. On& of the natives ■ cbmmenced snoring, while the other left tjie tent by passing under, the rear and :. pounced on the" visitor as he entered :; through the flap. . ,-sThe.natives trussed up the intruder, : a-man named Patrick O'Shannessey, and sent- for the police. ' jThe magistrate this morning imposed a sentence of six months' hard labour. He characterised the prisoner as a pest ; to the community, O'Sliannessey having ■ had several previous convictions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 291, 9 December 1931, Page 9
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