DEMANDED A DOLLAR.

NZ Truth, Issue 104, 15 June 1907, Page 5

DEMANDED A DOLLAR.

A Boarding-house Bother.

■A Joyful. drunk on Wednesday between two men m Cox's Willis-street boauding-'bou&e led to violence arid facial disflgutemen* of one of the debauchees. On Thursday, Duncan Livtfngstone, a toiaild-lieaded man wi-th a saimy moustache, confronted John, Archibald Maclachlan, another baldheaded man waiJh a sandy moustache, an<d changed him with assault: Thb oTily- apparent difference between the two men -was a sombre-colored eye cm. the face of LAvingStotie. He rejected the Holy Book, and elected to affirm by holding up 'his tight dook,< but his affirmation was considerablyi marred by the influence of recent beers. • Appears that the two .were occupy-* ing <the same room. Prosecutof's re-* collection of the occurrence Was . hazy.. Maclaohlan said, "You — v Scotch — ■ — ,' lend me 5/." Livingstone refused, and the .subsequent proceedings were a dream. "Look at " me face, your Worship," said the • victim- 'He did not know how Mao* laoblan had done it» but it was done.j '•'Look at me face"," he repeated. la fact, he made a 1 song of it. S.M. Riddeil : Remove this man.] He Is incapable. . ; The man ..-. Before I go, I wish- you to give him the highest penalty the law ©an give. MaclacMa/n's s-toiy was that he was m the arms of Murphy, * otherwise Morp&eus, when Livingstone came lit and deldberately jumped on him m tt» bedi , " \ ' A ■ . . lyi^ngstpn^ was here put out .of the« (Mi*ni< tor ittterrupitoag. . , "''■'[• SSGaclaoblan said hs had defended hitfuseli to the beist of his ability,. a1& shown by Livingstone's eye.) Cbii'yicted and disohaiiped. '%