FORTY CONVICTIONS EACH.

NZ Truth, Issue 266, 30 July 1910, Page 6

FORTY CONVICTIONS EACH.

Margaret Griffin, alias Griffiths, up before Christch'irch Court a day or so ago, has a dial like the top part of an Egyptian mummy and a record of 42 convictions. She said she supposed she vould plead guilty when it was- mentioned that she was an incorrigible rogue. Sub-Inspector McGrath told, the court that she was a nuisance about' town. "So long as she is kept oft the streets the better for herself and the public," he said.

Magistrate Bailey after earnest thought decided io • give Margaret . some useful occupation for twelve months, Lyttelton being mentioned as her future address. -?»fauy Blue, whose character is as.-, cerulean as her moniker, runs Margaret pretty close with forty convictions, although she has only arrived at the distinction of being a rogue and a vagabond. Asked to plead, Mary, whose countenance might be mistaken for a wet Saturday, said she didn't know what it meant, but would plead guilty on the off chance. The Sub. " said the case of Mary was exactly the same as Margaret's with regard to occupation, and her convictions extended over a great many years. ' His Worship ukased that Mary should a'so obliterate herself for a period of twelve months. Afterwards it was represented to the bench that both derelicts had an aversion to gaol, and'would not mind meditating on their evil past m the Samaritan Home for a definite period. Accordingly the bench ordered both to coma up for sentence when. called u";)on, on the understanding that they sought the seclusion of the institution at Addington.