MAN SEEKS ARREST
# ALLEGATION OF UNJUST TREATMENT (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, December 29. Claiming that he had been unjustly treated. Ronald Laurence Morrison, aged 29, an engineer, for the second time within, a few months sought arrest yesterday by breaking a pane of glass in a telephone cabinet. He was charged this morning with being drunk and further with doing mischief by breaking glass valued at 4s. Morrison denied the charge of drunkenness, but pleaded guilty on the second count. The police said that Morrison was lame and suffered from diabetes. He lived with his aged mother, who was worried because ci his drinking. Morrison complained to the magistrate, that, whereas an able-bodied man obtained sustenance at the rate of 17s 6d a week, he, while requiring a special diet, received 10s a week. Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., said that special tribunals were appointed to see that such applicants got justice. Morrison was fined 10s for drunkenness and a prohibition order was issued against him. He was ordered to pay for the damage, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, on the second charge.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21978, 30 December 1936, Page 5
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182MAN SEEKS ARREST Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21978, 30 December 1936, Page 5
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