DRINK AND A BLOUSE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1713, 2 January 1920, Page 6

DRINK AND A BLOUSE.

'I j I ISM] Fill ).\I A' MILLINERY , DEPARTMENT/

llii'ltsof u, blouse valued at 79h 6tl, Uio propiny of Uvmfi MoGnier and Co., • •i!i|if: ~ u,o S<|uure, wiis tin; charge preferred .itiuiiiat u young man namec! Peter Joseph llitnloy at a, sitting bl the Wf»Jbq Louri <,(i Wednesday. A. J. Graham "lid Ar. A Efiott, J.'.sf/.,. wejo/oh tlio Jiciiili, I', t'ouains, draper, stated that ho saw Uicjaec-usecl in the shop yesterday afternoon taking the blouse. Witness followed the niuii to a hotel and in'th>"meantime sent a hoy for tho police. C'oiiatahlo'.McEnUJe deposed to having orrestad the accused,' who hud the Mouse foldod up,m his coat pocket. On the wav to th Si"9i« Station accused ofjoiytl wit- | new £-2, to siy nothing ahout thn all'air. At 1 tllC liiuo of his arrest the accused had apparetiUS been drinking, but was not under tho influence of liquor to any ext'-ht. ' lho accused pleaded in extenuation of the .•Hence that he had no idi;a what made him ii° 'V »i'* ,a " money on mo," he urged. nncl-I nl absolutely certain that 1 was not ui my 'proper mhid." 0 t ln reply -to the Hench accused said thai HO was employed in a dairv factory ami should have been back at work this'morn Inif,

keiuor.Sorireaul Krn.scr .said that, accused ',,., .,> ","] ' lis when arrested. I I«h is a very serious oflVnce," snid .\(r (•raham after consultation \vttti his confrere, and you are llfdfle' to six mWnths' impii sonment. _ Apparently it. is driilk that has got you mto trouble, k> that'We are disposed to deal leniently wilh you." A fine of. 40s was imposed, in default of which the alternative was' (ivod at one month in gaol