SORROWFUL SAM
A COLOURED MAN IN COURT. J r "Sam!"—" Sam!" Thus briefly some Jj person till then unknown to the hearers at the Magistrate's Court yesterday was ' called out by the Court orderly. livery- 0 one looked towards the dock for the appearance of Sam. Then a little black r '| mail appeared, and from his sorrowful f look it was evident that he was • tho £ Sam charged with drunkenness. _ As Sam did not speak English, an inter- c preter was called, and he informed Sam r that he had been found drunk. Sara nodded his head in assent. "Tell him f he will bo convicted and discharged, but l' that if ho comes here again he will c be severely dealt with," said tho Magis- f trate to the interpreter. _ On hearing 11 these words uttered in his own native o tongue, every line of Sam's face ex- h hibited repentance, while tears rolled t down his cheeks. He failed to under- a stand the action of two burly policemen, P however, who directed him to the ' prisoners' ante-room, and tho piteous ; appeal on his face as he looked up to his "captors" was indescribable. Sam was released shortly afterwards. (j
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2458, 11 May 1915, Page 7
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