POLICE COURT NEWS.
idle and disorderly man.
SENTENCE OF IMPRISOi IMENT.
Sentence of two months imprisonment was imposed in the 7 Police Court yesterday on John O'Brien, aged 50, who appeared on a charge of being idle and disorderly. It was stated accused lived by begging from intoxicated men. He had 34 previous convictions. A list of 142 previous convictions was produced when William Williams, aged 67, was charged with being drunk and using obscene language. "We shall have to start a fresh page for you now, ' said the magistrate, in imposing fines totalling £3, or 10 days' imprisonment. Edward Knox, aged 51, was charged with being disorderly while drunk. On consideration that he went to Taupo to work, accused, who had a long list, was fined £2. Two Dalmatians, Nicola Botica, aged 25. and Tony Posa, aged 35, admitted charges of fighting in Victoria Street. They were fined 30s each. Charged with forging a cheque for £l6 on the Bank of New South Wales at Napier, Charles Leslie Green, aged 34, was remanded to appear at Napier on January 5.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19831, 29 December 1927, Page 12
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