WHEN LADOGEUR WON.

NZ Truth, Issue 570, 20 May 1916, Page 6

WHEN LADOGEUR WON.

' And Watson Lost. Frederick Watson was the grand finale. This case was fully reported tho other week wben It was shown that Freddie had extracted Borne odd notes from tho port pocket of a shepherd named Rutter without asking that ffonlal ffontlenian'B authority. It \a said that Fred used to bo a gun of some cailbro m tho punting world at 000 time, and had a horse backed for £67,---000 to win a race, and his horse's fac# was Just a foot or two too short, otherwise Fred might have been a Wesleyan deacon or a respectable citizen or something at the present time. As it was his horse was short of faco or pace or something and Fred is NOW SHORT OF LIBERTY. Asked if he had anything to nay, he murmured n little story which mostly concerned his work since he came from Australia (where ho was some punter). He hud no other story to toll It was a weary resume of toll and labof at flax mill, farm and wharf. His Honor then retaliated by telling him a littlo tale. It concerned a 12 month*' sentence for attempted pocketpicking on a Ktwimer m Auckland. He had a littlo narrative of attempted theft m Melbourne which was credited to Fred, In fact Fred seem* to have been tho most unsuccessful attompter known m the annuls of Colonial crime. Nearly all his offtrcw \v«r« tor attempted theft. Hl« H<uw»r swmed disgusted' at tVod'a Incapacity to carry .thing* out to n successful conclusion. no h«.< told him that ho would warn him that if he did any more, niiwnptlne when lie got out of "Jug" that he would deal very «<?vorii!y with him. "Thi* Korl of thins: is not awing to bo OF PROFIT TO YOU. You arc liable lv 14 yearn' Imprison-, mont f«»r tho e!u«iv of onV»c«> which you' have committed." mU\ his Honor. Fred will have two yenra' seclusion from the nuntcr'B i>adrtocli m which to think over Sir Itoberi'a advice