CHARGES OF VAGRANCY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 13

CHARGES OF VAGRANCY.

"WEALTHY MAN" IN TROUBLE

SHORTAGE OF READY CASH

"I can sleep anywhere I like. lam a wealthy man, although ! cannot get cash,in the* meantime," .said George Gibbons, aged 52, in the Police Court yesterday, when he pleaded not: guilty to a charge of vagrancy. Constable Packman said he had kept accused under observation : : for the past inonth. 1 He' did not "work, took his food from,.rubbish-tins iu• the' city . and. t siopt out <it" nights. The . Magistrate, Mr. Poynton: Some people are"very wealthy, but save it all Until death, You cannot be .very-.-lavish in your .expenditure. Can .you, prove that you have money'! Chief-Detective Cummings: We ; will give him ill : tho, assistance we can, sir, but we -have been doing so for the past five years, and have not been able to ascertain what assets he has. Accused was remanded until tomiorrow. "This man also has been leading an idle life for the past month," said Mr. Cummings, when William Hichanls Clarke, aged 60, admitted a charge of .vagrancy. "lie has been sleeping- out in the public paries, and has' nowhere 1 to "go' and no food. He has been before, the Court before for vagrancy, but lias seen better days: and came out to New Zealand .with ..a,, profession. V;.: /,, ' "You will"l.e. found 'dead some morning if you sleep, out," the magistrate remarked in passing sentence of " two 1 months' imprisonment.