IDLE AND DISORDERLY
"His trouble was really starvation more than anything else," said SeniorSergeant G. J. Paine in the Magistrate's Court today concerning Herbert Edward Presley, 56, cabinetmaker, who was charged with being an idle and disorderly person in that he had insufficient lawful means of' support. Presley pleaded "guilty in the meantime," saying that he had money coming to him ' from the Public Trustee. .
This latter statement was not correct, said the Senior-Sergeant. Presley had no money and had not worked for some time. He had lived in a factory where he became ill, and "he had to be taken to hospital. It was his first appearance in court.
Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., convicted him and ordered him to come up for sentence if called upon within three months, on condition that he remains in the care of the Salvation Army.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 63, 11 September 1943, Page 9
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143IDLE AND DISORDERLY Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 63, 11 September 1943, Page 9
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