POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19860, 2 February 1928, Page 14

POLICE COURT NEWS.

COULD NOT SAVE MONEY. UNUSUAL PLEA OF STOWAWAY. "Look; I thought it, all out when I found I was costing myself more than I earned, and I decided to get out of New Zealand as quickly as I could, because I was losing money," said Charles Greethurst, aged 62, pain'.er, in the Police Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to having stowed away on the Ruapehu at Auckland in November. Reports from the shipping authorities showed accused had worked well on the steamer. They did not claim the fare. The Magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, (to accused): Ido not blame you for packing up if you wanted to get. out of it, but yon went the wrong way about it. If you had been a young man I would have sent you to gaol. Now, I will give you a chance. Greethurst was ordered to coine up for sentence if called upon within 12 months. On a charge of bigamy in Auckland, Henry Osman, aged 45, labourer, was remanded to appear in a weak. Accused did not ask foY bail. * Said to have been found by a detective sleeping in a section, Edward Weldon, nged 60, engineer, pleaded guilty to a charge of being idle and disorderly. It was stated accused had tried unsuccessfully to get work. "I will give him a chance," said the magistrate in ordering Weldon to come up for sentenco if called upon within six months.