LABOURER WITH GLOVES.
FASTIDIOUS CONCRETE-MIXER A fastidiously-dressed young man appeared before Judge Moule in the Melbourne Court recently to appeal against a sentence of imprisonment that had been imposed on him by tlio magistrates . for picking pockets. When the Crown prosecutor asked him what his occupation was, he said, "A labourer." In reply to further questions he said that he worked for a builder carrying bricks and mixing con-, crcte. "Show His Honor your hands, saia counsel, and tin) appellant held out a pair of hands as smooth and pink as those tjia are displayed in advertisements for toiler, S °''Did you always wear gloves "lien you \vere mixing concrete?" asked co,. > at "Yes, always," said (he young man. The appeal whs dismissed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 9
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LABOURER WITH GLOVES.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 9
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