A GILDED DRUNK.

NZ Truth, Issue 253, 30 April 1910, Page 6

A GILDED DRUNK.

£182 In His Pockets.

The spielers and crooks oi Christchurch now acknowledge that they are the slowest crowd out of gaol and a discredit to their dishonorable profession. . When Thomas Kent was arrested on Saturday night for drunkenness, he was found to have £IS2 16s 3d fn his possession, and evinced thankfulness for his apprehension next morning. Thomas was falling about the city m a very beery conditioa- and A "rummy" fpr whomsoever might take him down, yet the talent didn't drop to the fact that a small fortune was to be liad for the sandbagging. Magistrate Bishop, on Monday, showed pardonable curiosity, about the matter. Who was Thomas ? The clerk recollected that Kent had „■ been charged before the court with disobeying an order to maintain iiis legal missus,, but this added mystery to the circumstance that he had Svealth at his command. "He must have got the money for some purpose,", said his Worship, who commented. upon the extreme good luck of Thomas m finding his cash intact after a spree. He was ordered to pay 20s of it to the State, or- languish for 48 hours m the Lyttellon jug.