AN ACT OF CHARITY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7447, 23 May 1911, Page 1

AN ACT OF CHARITY

James Rhodes, a decrepit old man who wolfcedVwith difficulty, pieaded gutty before Mr. W. G. EiddeiVS.il., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to a charge of being a rogue and vagabond. Sub-Inspector Sheehan stated that foi some time past accused had been wander, ing about the streets in a filthy condition. It would be an act of charity; to' put him tin tome place where he wou.d bo cleaned. He had been an inmate oi the; Ohiro Home, but of late had been sleeping in reserves at Or.ental Bay. ' His Worship: Are the Ohio ifome authorities prepared jo take him back? 1 The else was permitted to stand down in order that inquir es might be made. At a'later stage the Su-vlnspector repoi bed that the Cairo'Home authorities were willing to take the accused back into the .institution. ~ , , , Accused was accordingly convicted and ordered ■ to come up for sentence when called upon," on condition that ho entered the Ohiro Home and remained there for sis months, his Worship.' warning him that he would be liable to a year's imprisonment if;he left prior, to the expiration of that period.