POLICE COURT
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.K VAGRANCY CHARGE. Edna May Dickson pleaded guilty to a charge of being an idle and disorderly, person, in that she had insufficient lawful means of support. Sub-inspector Cameron said that the accused, who was twenty-five years of age, had been about the town for some months past. She had been employed as a domestic for two months past, but as a result of her conduct had b gen warned. She had not taken the advice, and had. continued to associate With undesirable persons. . ■ The. accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months, a condition being that she remained m the Salvation Army Home for twelve months. DRUNKENNESS. A first offender was fined 12s 6d, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Another offender was convicted and discharged, REMAND GRANTED, Cecil Stacey Barker was charged with' : being a rogue and vagabond, in that he was armed with a bludgeon with a felonious intent, , and ‘ also with _ committing mischief at Mosgiel by wilfully, breaking a window, valued at 15s, the property of George Wong. , Sub-inspector Cameron asked for a remand until December* 29. He said that the accused had been - leading a vagrant life on the Taieri Plains, and had been intercepted by Constable Phillips in a doorway in Mosgiel. He was armed with a pick handle, and struck the constable and got away.; The accused was remanded for a week.
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Evening Star, Issue 21292, 22 December 1932, Page 9
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