JOSEPH JUDGES JOSEPH.

NZ Truth, Issue 243, 19 February 1910, Page 6

JOSEPH JUDGES JOSEPH.

'Amongst the jury empannelted at XJhristchurch to try Joseph "Williams, charged with assault-ing a man with intent to rob him, was another Joseph Wil^ams, who grinned appreciatively when he entered the box. However, the disreputable Joseph, a patent bee-hive maker from Temuka, didn't profit by the coincidence, .the jury— of which the virtuous Joseph was one— brjaaging m a verdict of guilty. The condemned Joe arrived from Jeremiah Twomey's country seat with £15 m his possession, played the giddy goat with it m Christchorch till ft was all gone, then bummed for beer m a local pab. ; and, following a partially sober person home, tried to rob him on a vacant section.

Nine months' muscular exertion m $he iPdrt Paradise was tfoe sentence.