DISTRESSING CASE
A HUMAN DERELICT. Occasionally persons charged at the Police Court are but the victims of distressing .circumstances. Just such a case was called on yesterday, when a deprepii-lookiiig individual, William Gillies, was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, in that he had insufficient lawful visible moans of support. Sub-Inspector Emerson, who described the case as a. very sad one,said that Gillies was suffering from a paralytic stroke, and was unable to work. He had been loitering about the Post . Office and the wharves for about two months, and for the food necessary to his sustenance had apparently depended on the generosity ef cooks employed on vessels trading to and from the port. The accused only had Is lOd in his possession when arrested. The sub-inspector submitted that the accused was not a fit subject for gaol, but one for the hospital or Old Men’s Home, and therefore he would ask for a remand for one week,'in the hope of seeing what arrangements' could be made for the care of Gillie*. The magistrate, Mr E. Page, S.M., approved the application,’
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10523, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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183DISTRESSING CASE New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10523, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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