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NZ Truth, Issue 110, 27 July 1907, Page 7

The liability. of tbe average indigent drunk to.ii.r't things criminally. pi ace-d outside . shop windows .by .trusting ! business people was further illustrated m Wellington Magistrate's Court tho other dak when James Pomfret was asked to explain lus connection wil-h a pair of boots, which disappeared, from the front of R- Hannah's emporium. Pomfret was m trouble bef-oreW for lifting things which appeared to be thrown at him on the -*Hoti*ath from various shops, but la/*/ .7 be had been working on the -Mf ... , ; i'runk line, where the storekeepers "put a padlock on their goods, and he acquired ths sum of £27 10s by arduous toil. Pomfret came to Wellington and bad a rapid time with the cash, which melted like the snow on the Rimutakas m the Spring time, and the visitor found himself with a thirst and unlimited goods lying about and crying out to be snared. He was modest m his. wrong-doing, and selected a pair of beetle-crushers worth 6/11. These he rubbed m the mud on the public highway to give th-em an elderly and much used appearance, and then entered a pawnshop. The unfortunate told Riddell, S.M., that he would be all right if be got back to Okahune again, and his Worship gave him a chance, • on the understanding that be was to apply to the Labor Bureau for bis passage;, - "" .' " • '