TOO MUCH DRINK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1937, Page 14

TOO MUCH DRINK.

QUARRELSOME PAINTER.

FIXED FOR ASSAULTING SON'S

According to what was said in the Police Court this morning, I'ercival Henry Jackson, painter, aged 5(5, be- ! coniee over-friendly with Bacchus at, Christmas time. He pleaded guilty to' two charges of assaulting (ieorge Raymond Jackson and Herbert Francis Jackson. | Nub-Inspector Fox said accused re-J turned to his home about 0 o'clock last evening under the influence of liquor and in a quarrelsome mood towards his

wife and sons. After he had tried to asuault his sons tliev succeeded in getting him outside, whereupon he u hurled a bucket and some bricks through the windows. One of the bricks struck one of his sons.

"His sons say it is a habit of Jackson's to take too much litjuor about Christmas time, and that he becomes

unbearable when lie is in liquor,'' added Mr. Fox. | Appearing for Jackson, Mr. Hall Skelton said his client had been given a good hiding. A bloodstained left ear and abrasions on Jackson's face supported this statement. Counsel thought it might be helpful to Jackson if he wan prohibited. "Will you take out a prohibition order or spend 14 dayts in Mount Eden?" Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., a.sked Jackson. "I'll take out the prohibition order," replied Jackson. Mr. Hunt: 1 thought you would. You are fined £1 on one charge and prohibited, and on the other convicted and discharged.