JONATHAN KAY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CII, Issue 11948, 20 July 1899, Page 3

JONATHAN KAY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I was an eye-witness this morning of Jonathan Kay’s arrival on the Christchurch station. when he was taken to the Lyttelton Gaol. He was in a shocking condition, his clothes being much torn and certainly inadequate for such inclement weather. He certainly had an old blanket for extra covering, but he was unable to hold it, and the huge policeman who guarded him was nob sufficiently humane to assist him, so the blanket went to sweep the pavement. His face plainly indicated his condition of health, for it was of a dark purple colour. He was quite dazed and unable to walk, bub was dragged along some distance, until a trolly was procured, when he was dumped on to it in anything but a gentle manner. The man may have been an old drunkard, and when brought before the Court this morning the Magistrate remanded him for medical treatment. But ■ I want to know why that treatment could not have been given to him in Christchurch, ■'without subjecting the poor old man to the misery of the journey to Lyttelton, especially after spending a night in one of those inhospitable cells we hear so much of. Trusting that others will take up this serious question,—l am, etc., TOR. HUMANITY.