MAGISTRATE’S SYMPATHY
MAN IMPRISONED FOR HIS OWN SAKE.
“The worst of people drinking inethalayted spirits,” said Sub-Inspector Harvey in tlie Magistrate’s Court yesterday, “is that they can always get it. They can walk into a chemist’s shop and buy a bottle and no one is any the wiser. The accused in this case drinks it and lie is getting worse,” The Magistrate (Mr. T. E. Maunsell, S.M.) to Hugh Shannon, who was charged with a" second offence of drunkenness. “My man, I don’t want to punish you. As a matter of fact I sympathise with you, but at the same time I think you need a- little protection for your own sake. If you go to gaol you may be able to get it out of your system. You will be sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment.”
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 296, 13 September 1927, Page 7
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136MAGISTRATE’S SYMPATHY Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 296, 13 September 1927, Page 7
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