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A STATE HOUSE

UNLAWFUL OCCUPATION

AN AUCKLAND FAMILY

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. An unusual caso was heard in the Magistrate's Court today when a young Englishman, Walter Woods, pleaded guilty to being unlawfully on premises. Tho police said that tho house was vacatod ou August 10 by a tenant, and Woods, with his wife and two young children, took possession without authority. Despite efforts by officers of the Stato Advances Department and tho police, they rofused to move. Tho defendant said that ho had been unemployed for two years and was recently'on sustenance. He had either to pay' rent or starve. He was unable to got a houso, and as he had to look after his family he moved into the vacant one. "I think there is a moral law that comes before other laws," ho said. "Even the animals know it and protect thoir young." The Magistrate said he supposed that tho defendant thought it was all right to tako possession of a State houso. ' The defendant: No./ The question is, who can afford it most? Besides, the other landlord treated me well.

The Magistrate said that the defendant was roally in the position of a burglar. Hs adjourned tho case till Friday.

"If "you are still in occupation then," tho Magistrate remarked, "I am afraid I must punish you." It was stated by the defendant that he had written to tho Rt. Hon. J, G. Coatf-s, who had promised an investigation..

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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 65, 14 September 1934, Page 11

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A STATE HOUSE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 65, 14 September 1934, Page 11

A STATE HOUSE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 65, 14 September 1934, Page 11

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