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NZ Truth, Issue 121, 12 October 1907, Page 5

The man who 30 years ago stole a sixpenny marble, arid after three de^cades got his conscience gnawed so that he added 5 per cent, compound interest and forwarded the total, fourfold (9s). to the ex-marble merchant, is surely the champion of the pricked-conscience persons — or ihe biggest fool. >• •

On the Bth of February last Lizzie Griggs, a denizen of Wellington's slum quarter, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for being a rogue and a vagabond. This condition of compulsory virtue was extremely distasteful to Lizzie, who proceeded to make up for lost time when she came out. She appears to have swum m alcohol and consqrted with persons m trousers m a most reckless manner. Constable McGregor was shocked to see her m the company of two drunken men at 12.30 on Saturday night, or Sunday morning, but such conduct had been common with her for at least a fortnight. She was arrested and brought before the Magistrate's Court. The stern eye of Sergeant Beattie had j focussed even worse things. He had seen her at 2 o'clock m the morning m company with men, usually 'going m the direction of Te Aro | railway station for what purpose j the Sergeant didn't state. A long list of previous convictions were put m when Lizzie was charged with being an incorrigible rocuie, and Magistrate. Riddle ordered her retirement from public view for another six , months*