A WIDOW'S WORRY

NZ Truth, Issue 570, 20 May 1916, Page 5

A WIDOW'S WORRY

.:•.•■■ . ; — — — ♦ • leU* H*r Tale to "Truth" (From "Truth's" Christchurch Rep.), . At the-.S.M.'a Court, Chriatehureh, last week, a widow named Ethel Henry Kennedy, was charged with being: ldlo and* disorderly, and also with obtaining £1 by means of a false pretence. ! She pleaded not guilty to being idle and disorderly and admitted obtaining £1, although she denied having done so by a false pretence. The police evidence was that the woman was found on hotel premises with a man alter hours, ana that sne obtained, a pound note from the manager of Wardell Bros., grocers, by alleging that she bad an account with the Wellington branch of that firm. The ac- i cused . j- „ . ■ . ■ • . ■.--■ : DENIED MOST OP THIS, but tho police evidence was relied on and convictions were entered m respect to both charges, the Magistrate allowing the woman to remain m the Salvation Army Home until employment was found for her. On the afternoon of the same day. Mrs. Kennedy called at "Truth" office before leaving for a situation at Doyleston, She asked that for the benefit of her people m Dunedin, who might draw erroneous conclusions -in consequence of the case as briefly reported m the dailies, her statement should be morefully reported m "Truth." When leaving the Dunedin train at Chrlstchureh, she said, sho left her purse, containing £3, In a carriage, and, having only a few shillings, she went to the manager of WardeU'a and explained the position, saying that she had dealt with the firm when she was In Wellington. Tho manager lent her '£1, which, eho said, she fully Intended to refund when she, obtained work. On the night of her ar-

rest, nhe had been to tho pictures and was locked out of tho Coffc« Pulace. While looking for lodgings at an hotel f»he wiut arroeted. She dented botng m tho yard of tho hotel with a man, but said she wan In tho private passage, and, juat previously. lIA-D ASICKD A MAN whether ho thought sho could get lodgings there. This woa practically what tho woman told Mnglatrato JJalley, who, aa tho eotn-lctloaa show, didn't place too much rsllnncG on tho utory. "Truth." however, publhih** tho otatem«m for what it'a worth.

IN DAVID WISHART