MAGIHLOQUENT VAGRANT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16619, 16 August 1917, Page 7

MAGIHLOQUENT VAGRANT.

"MEDICAL MAN AT ROTO ROA THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT! When the elderly man, Allan B. How "J 0 ", * a charge of vagrancy was J sanded last wee for medical 6xamim t'on, was brought before Mr. p V Frazer S.M.. in the Police Court yestei day, Sub-Inspector Broberg £/ tha the gaol surgeon certified "that accuse, was pecul.ar, but not a suitable suhjec for committal to a mental hospital. A youth gave evidence that he wa Ending in Queen Street when Hog, tapped him on the shoulder and said will euro those pimples on your face foUow me. • Witness, after a little tall with his friends, followed accused up th« street When witness spoke to bin again Hogg said he did not know him until the pimples ware mentioned ™ ne said he was "Dr. McCarroll WT , and that he had a large practicf f!i asked for 2s to effect a cure but Jl? witness said he had no money' h e seSec to lose interest in the matter. - and walked oK a U cSabfe *°^* Constable ssritfA mam; cocoons he had seen accused askU men lor money on the pretence of curing then •rejection badge, face. He also wore ejection badge which he had no auXritv h 4 -,',.. i l , on l where he had -tared he had said he was the son ot a lord and owned 60,000 acres of land Defendant:- Are you SUre - You are really the most ignorant constableYv ever met \ ou won . t fc th | you are hshing for." ""'pes Defendant said he had sons and nephews at the front, and the rejection bad™ had aS given him by, a defence officer so that ho could talk 4 to shirkers. Ho had been ; practically medical officer in t a at «°. to »<*• When arrested he iwd 14s in his possession, and he also obtained money from a son who was a barrister. If he had insulted anybody ho was willing to apologise. Ho had been in a good position, and in a few weeks would be m a position "where constables will not touch their hats, but will take them in tneir hands and bow to me." He had been in gaol on many occasions, but unfortunately he was a dipsomaniac, and dnns to him was " like blood to a tiger " "I must have a 400 gallon tank full," said" witness, "and then I ..get into trouble. under the influence of liquor," he said, " I become what in medical parlance was called magniloquent, and make a fool of myself." - The magistrate said that in his own. and the interests of the community, defendant was not fit to be at large". He would be sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. Defendant: What'for? It is most unfair, and I shall appeal to the Supreme Court.