AN ILL ISRAELITE.

NZ Truth, Issue 472, 4 July 1914, Page 4

AN ILL ISRAELITE.

" Dr. Boranoff" Back to Business

Bogus Saw >Bones "Touches'',; His

Brethren.

(From "Truth's" Dunedin Rep.)

It is very seld.oiri that the sons of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob strike trouble of any description,? and rarer 3till are they observed a divided , clan m opposite boxes m the Courts. LasY Monday,- however, Leo Boranoff, alias* Arnold Copeland, alias Albert Bernstein, stepped into the dock, charged with' vagrancy. He was Tvell. groomed and dressed, and decorated with a big gold ring and gold -rimmed glasses. He gave his native place as Russia, and spoke English with difficulty. Though there were very good reasons for the charge besides being well known (o the "roorce," no one would taKe.the wandering son of Israel to be aught else but a \ CULTURED, HIGH-TONED FOREIGNER. The law saw- deeper, and that -mighty impersonal thing intimated that Mr. Boranbff was an. idle and disorderly person. He pleaded riot guilty. ,;; 'Tec. Herbert: Accused cameyto town about six weeks ago, alleging he was a Jew, and a doctor as well. He applied to the Jewish Philanthropic Society for assistance, and they assisted'him, as also did the Rabbi, Mr. Diamond. It was quite apparent, how* , ever, that accused did not want any work, and after being m hospital a •while., he again applied to the Society to forward him to Queensland. They voted him sufficient money for his passage, giving him a sovereign for his pocket* and placing £ 9 WITH THE PURSER- ■ ' ""* ' ■ to give to him on arrival m Sydney. He duly left, but on reaching Lyttelton'he quitted the boat and returned to Dunedin. • It is clear that accused conspired with some one m town here to forward a wire to the purser, m Rabbi Diamond's name, ordering the money to be handedoyer to him. The wire' was signed "Jacob Diamond," but the -Rabbi's name was not, Jacob, nor Isaac either. Accused is simply a vagrant ■ LIVING ON HIS WITS. '.'" When .arrested, we found m his possession a card labelled, "Dr. A. L.'C. Boranoff, St. Petersburg University." ; Max Cohn, of the big firm of Hayman and Co., and president of the Jewish Society, said that .he knew the accused, under the name of Arnold, which: was the one he gave him some weeks ago. He then said he had been a navvy at. the Catlins, but through illness he had to give it up. He also said he had been a tally clerk m Wellington; but with his mate he joined the strike. Witness assisted him and gave him a, few days' work m the warehouse. He , requested the Society to supply him with a sight-testing apparatus m order that he could earn a living. It Was decided to forward him to Auckland, as the climate there was farmer. He objected to the journey as dangerously long, and volunteered going to Lyttelton. Witness -next heard of him from the hospital, where |,he wrote requesting to' he' sent- to " Queensland, as the doctor had recom!.mended it. The- Society agreed again. Mr. Jacobs, the treasurer, had provid-' ed him with money and necessaries from time to time. Witness corroborated the Chief Tec's remarks ancnt the passage money transaction and accused's peculiar return to Dunedin. Mr. Theomin had arranged to give the man work if h6 satisfied him regarding his bona fides. This had not been done. ' Rev. Moris Diamond, the Jewish rabbi, said that he met the ''doc." six weeks ago, when he said he was looking for work, and told him not to mind paying his board m the meantime. Nest day the "doc." said he was ill, and Dr. Williams, who examined htm, said he could do only light work. He wanted to' be supplied with AN OPTICIAN'S OUTFIT, and applied to the Society to .see about it. The i^abbl tendered him clothing and what he wanted m other lines, and' when he returned to town he rang witness up, informing him, m reply to his ' query,, that the doctor would not allow him t,o continue lo Queensland, as he was unfit to travel. He also said ho did ndt get any money or ticket from the purser chap, who said that ho gave the accusod both the ticket and the moneyy on producing a wire' signed "Jacob Diamond." Jimmy Calder, the proprietor of the Central Hotel, said he always took accused to.be a respectable man, and was much surprised to see him m his present awkward position. Accused (to S.M.): Is not the selling of glasses for people's eyesight a proper mode of earning one's living? The S.M.: Optician work is always a lawful means of existence. Chief 'Tec: Provided he known the game and it isn't a cloak. Dr. Falconer said tho ucuaed wus admitted to the hospital from May ID to June 17. He had been examined by several specialists, and there hud been a certain amount of objective symp- ! toms. An impression was left that soino of the symptoms wero not correct. On one occasion his temperuturo showed 103, but when taken In the presence of v nurßo it whs normal. Patients occasionally fttke'd their temperatures, I und It wus witnesH'B opinion that it had been dono on the occuhloii referred to. Accused had had symptoms of | bronchial caturrh, the vocal cords were somewhat Inflamed but ho seemed to i nuikc tho most of his ailments. Accused: I had been ho very 111 on my trip to Lyttolton, owing to blccd- | Ing from iM throat, that I could not I rink the rigors of a long sea voyage. I i urn | QUITE h'AGISR KOR WORK, if I can set any permanency. I may > mention that, when ut tho police station, 1 asked In vnln for a doctor. Chief 'Tec: Ho* wild when ho wont to prlHon that tho police had refund him a doctor. Ho never awked for one, and my report here will Hhow ! that you cunt believe ono word thin man suys. ; Tho S.M.: In any caac, the evidence docs not sustain a charge of vagrancy and tho case must b© dlsmlsed. It's poKHlblu for unbthvr charge to be laid atfaln»u the accused, ho 1 will not say any more. <