BROWN'S BURST.

NZ Truth, Issue 217, 21 August 1909, Page 10

BROWN'S BURST.

.' -■.. . How it Ended. .

An elderly rustic person named James Brown, -n-Kh whiskers like a gooseberry bush m a sn<£t^t.c-rjn, <fs*Jne into Chris frchurch/orV Grand' Nationa l' week, and found' himself unequal to the local brands of 'swankey. Brown must, have been getting near the end of his raw.le on Monday, when he began to sec things and do things he shouldn't ought to do, m a pious .and, civilised community. The veo* erable persqn from the back blocks was astonished to find himself m the booby hatch next morning faced with charge.of snicker and indecent exposure. As. the memory of James was .a blank the horror of the situation oppressed his spirit like an indigestible pudding from a, cookery school. ; SrirvgrSCDleaded to Magistrate Haselden that he didn't know.jvhat he was doing, and had certainly never done; anything ot the kind before. , „ Sub-Inspector McGrath didn't think the man did. know what he was doing. Brpwn was composedly remoping liis clothes, apparently with the object of going -to bed m the street. „ A bobby stated that he discovered Brown near the Colombostreet bridge IN THE ACT OF RE-DRESSING, a passer-by having just previously^ convinced the obfuscated' person tha.t the road wasn't a lodging-house. Brown was m an advanced state of sossel and was removed to an apartment where he could legitimately shed his garments. His Worship : Who is he ? Where does j he come from ? Brown : I come from the country. I'm a farm laborer. I hope you will let me . off light. Magistrate HaseUlen said he had to consider other people. He would be very glad to make it light on . Brown as an individual, because he seemed to be an honest, hard-working man, and probably didn't know what he was doing, but he was sitting there as a magistrate, and he couldn't let it be thought that Brown could do such things m the streets of the city. A fine of 20s or seven days was imposed.