BROWN'S BRASS.

NZ Truth, Issue 161, 18 July 1908, Page 6

BROWN'S BRASS.

Vagabond audi Vagfaiifc.

..■-. ' W is & remarkable facs that thie; per-? Bolt charged with being a> rogue atitd a Vagabond has this option of being tried before a jury of Ms peers, altaiougfo. very few people -would like to be the peer of. Joan Bechvh, of Christcb|ttrch. JjataV isn't Hie John Brown mentioned m the parrody which howls, "We'll 'Hang John Brown on the Sottr Apple Tree," but he . Inay Trea direct descendant of the pat-' {fotic American, who should Ijuin m iris fcrave at the insinuation. Very few [agues and vagabonds take .advantage of the pjiyflege of trial 'by jury ; they elect v to be dealt with summarily •; but John Brown is no ordinary person, and' flab- 1 bergasted the poHce • when he said he s won-H go to the Supreme Court late- in Augnst. That a worthless, person such as John is should ppit-the country - to this expense was absurd, m the exitreme, and m the interval of an adjournment the. police pointed out the ■ vantage of the course taken ■by Brown^ who would, put m the long period of waiting m gaol. The fact that the bobbies willed otherwise, was eobugh foe.. Brown, however, ami he stjUelc to his intention when 'charged on remand. He seemed to reckon' there was a conspiracy against him, and mentioned conftdr entially to the Court that they hadn't taken everything froin^him when he was searched and he had ampite hidden means: of support. His legal adviser was. Mr Papprill, m whose absence he desired an adjournment. . BEING IN GAOL, y Brown hadn't an opportunity « of working up-his case, Tjut he informed the Court that Gaoler Cleary had put him, up to' the dodge of electing to -be tried, before a jury. ■ Brown is well known to the police, and his proposal to put the courtry to the expense of trial by jury was so obviously absurd that Sbatton-Sergeaht Johnston applied for permission to amerd the information to one of mere vagrancy. Brown took violent exception to a peel-. cr named Phillips, who had removed tha 1 park from one of 'his hands while thrust-.. |ng Mm forcibly into his dungeon cell. •*He Isn't fit to be a policeman/ remarked'Biown, with, bitterness. "I'd make a better policeman ravself." Phillips Stated thafc on July 3, at IL 4O p.m., he saw Brown emerge from the premises of Charles Ho'ughey m Martinstreet. Brown wasn't m evening dress and didn't resemble a late guest of a ... SrMge vaiafey. In' : fact- his clothes were . scanty and threadbare, and savored of ■fche gutter. Woke the Houghey family »p and they scorned acquaintance/ with BWvm, . During the course of these observations . «■ oath, Brown kept up a runrtipg nre h of. disrespectful remarks reflecting upon j.^^ owg testigefl that Brown j /.. ."V about the streets. j! . {his occupation, and he ! '^^^J^Srow a shilling

ifahctionaryi replfed? so ..fiercely, anct : with^i such, evident earnestness . that Brown-* de- I fisted m sh^r^ astonishment.' •■■y "How about yon. m, -the >, btbtbel ,?/'- --.Bnarledi Broijpii !' f 'WMi+put, koi^opapZw*?* ' ■ • ■ihbfaddedg; h t „' "Pve had occasion to go into a few (brothels iff' my lifetime)? - 1 replied) Bra> iroi^^ fiiiPg^BrQsm wtfttra sterh and significant eye. Attendant Roache, ol the Samaritan Home, turned up to ask the Bench, for, heaven's' sake, not to send Brown to the ■ Home. They had alrea&y sampled the . .querulous ppEson more than once and ; tfidn^ want any moreV'of .hSm. ;. Brown protested* that the proprietress of the restaurani, Manches*er*street^ owedTiim- £B,^ and -he was un- ; <dtep ea-^ageaaenlr to. Wliitaonrbe and "S)inte. aatttT th© Toiy- I 'Press, '^ hut the »y ote__b fell cto- deaf races, 'The "Billingsgat^' resiattcajrt- dciesn'timply'i that for--1 cgrfe Igpiguagp is secved up ho t and strong' m the hasifhouse, "Bimngsgate" foeing.ati4le seJected for its euphony hy «toe cultured. founder of the'iflsh and' chips estabilstocaent. <___l_e language of a Billfcigsgatep figh'KWife • has nio glace on the jmeauv " ''•'* ."* " Aii/iMefisayg Benclt*sent Br qjvn-: up to S__tte_s^^^iearj;.''foc.,a' dii .three gnonths.'! ''•■ •■