IN A "NICE SCRAPE."
A young man who is employed m a Government Department has got himself into a "nice scrape" (says the New Zealand Times). On Tuesday evening he had about £47, the property of his Department, in his pocket, and this seems to have made him lose his head. He took more drink than was good for him, in fact, so much that he could not find his way home. A family in Home-street, returning from a theatre, were surprised to find that the young man had mistaken their house for his home, and their kitchen for his bedroom. When they entered the room, they found that he had divested himself of his clothing, and was engaged in scattering the country's money about the floor. The police were sent for, and he was placed under arrest. A charge of being a rogue and a vagabond, having been found illegally cn private premises, was preferred against him, but when the police heard his story they decided to tender no evidence against him, and the case was dismissed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 6
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178IN A "NICE SCRAPE." New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 6
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