IDLE AND DISORDERLY
zTiomas Henry Blundell, carpenter, ,v 6, was convicted by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court today on a charge of being idle and disorderly and sentenced to three months' hard labour. The police evidence was that he was seen loitering in Manners
" Street. He had no underclothes on » and was wearing only a coat, trousers, and boots. He had a full bottle of methylated spirits, an empty bottle smelling of methylated spirits, and a ■bottle half-full of water. To Senior.'Sergeant G. J. Paine, the accused, who had pleaded not guilty, said he was engaged in secret work for a woman and could nof divulge its nature. He had been sleeping in a shed at Thorndori because he had the owner's permission and chose to do so. When the senior-sergeant said he believed the accused had been before the Court before on a similar charge,, the accused said he could believe what he liked.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1943, Page 6
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159IDLE AND DISORDERLY Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1943, Page 6
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