WOMAN'S BAD RECORD.
" PRISON THE BEST REMEDY." [Bi- TELKGF.AI-K.—OWN COBBESPOXDExt. ] CHRISTCHUBCH. Saturday. A sentence of six months' imprisonment wa* imposed on Mary MeKegney, a <3o tic, in the Magistrate s Court io-dav, on a charge of being a* incorrigible "rogue and a vagabond in that she habitually consorted v,sth people of undesirable character. She was further charged with b-esng found drunk. It was stated that this was her 183 th conviction. . Everything has been done for this woman," said the magistrate, Mr. E. A." Young, in giving his decision. "She has had any number of chances, and I think gaol is th'e best remedy for her." "Six ninths' hard," shouted accused. "I won't do it." Three or four policemen took the woman from the box to a room at the back of the Court. "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19549, 31 January 1927, Page 12
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134WOMAN'S BAD RECORD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19549, 31 January 1927, Page 12
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