MRS. WARMS MISTAKE

NZ Truth, Issue 416, 14 June 1913, Page 8

MRS. WARMS MISTAKE

A Hash-tower Horror. Remittance Mari Burned to Death. Where Kindness is Costly. \ »___ ■ ' ' (From "Truth's" Auckland Rep.) The supplying of liquor to a party wearing a prohibition order may be a beautiful, invigorating and humane pastime, but it is apt to get expensive, and to lose its attraction when I 'the prohibited parts gets BURNED TO DEATH jn his bed whilst m a state of excessive beor. This startling fact was amply proved on Thursday of last, week at the Auckland S.M.s Court," when a 'middle-aged dame, called Charlotte Annio Atarton, was. asked to explain g 1 charge of providing one f-Tenry William Smith with liquor, Smith, at the time, being a prohibited person. Smith was burned to death m his own bedroom m her "hash-tower" m Hobson-street, on April 18. j Lawyer Hackett appeared for the •obliging lady, and reckoned she would plead guilty. Inspector McGrath, m outlining the 1 trouble, said that the deceased man. Smith, was one of those generally useless parties with wonderful thirsts known as "a remittance man," and vised to board with the lady. "Just about the time when the tragedy occurred, Smith must have received a fresh "wad," as he had bean whooping up the beer industry. When the USUAL INQUEST WAS TTELD, ! Mrs. Marton gave evidence. She admitted that deceased had been m a state of beer for several days, and was still m it when the "hashtower" was burned down. The deceased also used to smoke m bed. Some time before she had taken out a prohibition order against Smith. However, Smith, was subject to fits, and, as she thought it might do him good, she used to give him a little whisky now and again. Lawyer Hackett, for the defendant, explained that the whisky had been given by her to deceased as a medicine, as she thought it did him good. The S.M. said that, if Smith had a fit at the time when the whisky was given, Lawyer Hackett should have pleaded not guilty. Lawyer Haekett saitl that Smith d*id not have a fit at the time. Mrs. Marton did her best to SHEPHERD THE YOUNCr MAN, because he was addicted to drink, and she knew him personally. The S.M. briefly announced that thes case was a most serious one, and that the lady would have to pass over £5 to help along Bill Massey's consolidated revenue.