Considerable amusement was occasioned at the Magistrate's Court in Hamiltt'ii the other day by the behaviour of a bottle gatherer, Thomas George Little, who already has his name well inscribed on the annals of the Court (says the ' 'Waikuto Times"). When asked to plead to a charge of leaving his cart standing unattended without a light, and to erher similar charges, Little replied with an -nir of resignation, "Oh, guilty, of course! I'm always being nabbed for something; I tell you straight. Mr Young, these 'crips' here won'; give tne a chaii'-e. They've got mo well set. and I'm afraid to take my horse and cart out in case they'll jump on nie again." l.iTtle continued in his tirade against the police force for a few minutes, and eventually had io be removed, after having been convicted and ordered to pay cost 7/ on each of three charges.
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Northern Advocate, 15 June 1923, Page 7
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