BORROWED COAT PAWNED.
EX-OFFICER'S OFFENCE.
"ACT OF DRUNKEN FOLLY."
[BV TEI.EGHAFH.— PfiESS: ASSOCIATION.]
Friday,
Once a high officer in the Imperial Army, and described by his counsel as "an English gentleman when sober, an English pest when drunk," Edmund Harry Robert Lister appeared in the Police Court to-day on a charge of stealing an overcoat valued at £5, which he borrowed and pawned Mr. White, for accused, stated that Lister was a "remittance man" of gentle birth, for whom he (counsel) had acted under power of attorney. During last week Lister got on a drinking bout. On previous occasions, when drinking and when counsel had refusedl him money, he had pawned goods, well knowing his solicitor would redeem them. Had he (counsel) known that this coat had been pawned he would have redeemed it. Describing the offence as an act of drunken folly the magistrate adjourned the charge for 12 months, to be called if accused's conduct is unsatisfactory.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290713.2.123
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 12
Word Count
159BORROWED COAT PAWNED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 12
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in