ON THE JAG.

NZ Truth, Issue 112, 10 August 1907, Page 6

ON THE JAG.

WHAT BEFELL PATTON. When a^ person meditates going on a jamboree it is indiscreet to have anything about him that ?ooks like the property of somebody else. On July 30, a young man named Fred. Patton was observed by peeler Farrell to be .walking joyously up ,Vie-

. (Parnell).' ■This is an ©Id chap from Parnell, In Bellamy's he'll yarn darn well, ' Lawry's his name, we picture the same, This sleepy old boss from Parnell. .

toria-street with eleven brand-new table knives sticking out of his breast pocket. Farrell hadn't any evidence that the cutlery was stolen, but he arrested Patton on general principle-s and lugged him to Mount Cook police station, where the Sergeant asked him to explain where he had obtained the knives. The indignant Patton replied "That's your business to find out." Charged with the offence on Monday, Patton asked the arresting slop if he had not been requested to procure a Mrs O'Neill to give evidence m Patton's favor. The bobby replied that Patton had notified his intention of getting Mrs O'Neill himself. Patton : "Didn't I say I waa helpless here, and couldn't get her ?" Riddell, S.M., said the accused was certainly entitled to secure the attendance- of any witness he desired. A member of the force here mentioned that there was a Mrs O'Neill present m the Court precincts, and THE LADY WAS ACCORDINGLY CALLED. Patton : "That isn't my witness." There are a number of Mrs O'Neills m Wellington, according to the directory, and this one was interested m another case. Patton explained that he was separated from his wife, and the knives, which had been m his possession for three years, were part of the goods and chattels of a former 'appy 'ome. His Worship adjourned the case for twentyfour hours, when the authentic Mrs O'Neill appeared, and confessed .that

[(Auckland- Central ).< }'.V Kidd is the Government Whip, '. He gives all the members the pip j When he gets on the flute •About the teetotal coot, Who .wants to give the brewers and publicans jip.

slio didn't know anything about the knives, although she was Patton's landlady. Ration : "Didn't I ask you if you knew anybody who wanted to buy some knives ?" A light broke m upon the witness, who had a vague recollection of the circumstance, which had occurred a long time ago. Magistrate Riddell said he was not satisfied from the evidence that the knives had been stolen, and dismissed Uio case. It isn't safe for a person disguised m beer to carry anything unusual around m a conspicuous fashion. Last year 21 newspapers ceased publication m New Zealand. "Gone, but not forgotten.'?- - .-