"HERE I AM AGAIN."

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17431, 17 April 1922, Page 8

"HERE I AM AGAIN."

An extraordinary set of- circumstances surrounded Harry Brown,-tail, thin, and bearded, who made his appearance before Mr J, S. Evans, S.M., at the Wellington Police Court on Wednesday ; (says the "New Zealand Times"). , "This man is well-known to us," said Sub-Inspector McNamara, as Biown entered the dock. "He landed himself in upon us last evening and said, 'Here 1 am againll've no money; I've had nothing to eat for days; lastnight I slept in a piano case; and if you don't rput me in' I'm going, over the sidel" This, said Mr McNamara, was a little habit of Brown's whenever he was "up against it." As a rule he had a general clean up and appeared before the magistrate next morning to be presented with free lodging for a month. This time, however, marked a redletter day in the history of Brown. He was led away and started to disrobe, and—behold 1 three pounds fell out of his sock. "He'd forgotten that he had it,;' said the sub-inspector. "He'd put it there when he was on the 'jag' at Christchurch weeks ago, and he hadn t had his boots off since i "He made' an immediate appeal to Be let out.; he wasn't an idle and disorderly person: he had some money and he'd developed a thirst 1 However, we decided to keep him for your Worship this morning, and r.ow that he has had a clean up 1 will formerly ask your permission to withdraw ths> charge. He will probably be back again at the end of a week." ,And, amidst the laughter of the court, Brown, who had watched proceedings with a wide-eyed resentful look, tramped out of the dock a free man.