"CANT STOP DRINKING"
« A third offence of drunkenness within six' months brought Joseph Johnston,' a labourer, aged 49, into the Magistrate's '■'. Court to-day. ' . Sub-Inspector Lander said that Johnston had 127 previous convictions, and was a methylated spirits drinker. ■ - ■ ( "You are liable to go to tho island,^ '. Mr. W. G. Riddell, S;M., told the defendant. "Would you like to go there?" ■■ "I can't stop drinking," was the replyi The Sub-Inspector said that Johnston had only recently been discharged from the island. ' . • ■'. . •• "I won't send you back to the island, as you have just returned from there, but you had better be careful," said Mi\ Kiddell to the defendant. A fine- o£ £1, in default three days' imprisonment, was imposed, and a prohibition order was issued. . ' against the defendant for twelve months.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 83, 9 April 1928, Page 7
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130"CANT STOP DRINKING" Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 83, 9 April 1928, Page 7
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