BROWN "BOOB'D."

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

BROWN "BOOB'D."

Declared an Habitual. Thomas Brown Is just the sort of fellow that anyone would credit with robbery or some such stunt, that is Judging fr<rn by his facial appearance and manner, and they would not be far wrong. "Truth" has already published a resume of Tom Brown's badness. He picked up a returned Samoan "sodgor" named Thomas Haaelhurst and also , hia pockets to the tune of about flve "quid." Owing to the astuteness of the two taxi drivers, THE BOLD, BAD BROWN was bumped into the "boob." The jury especially recommended the two "taxis" for their conduct m following the thief up and helping to land him. Tom Brown's defence was as futile as trying to blot out the light of the sun with a tin plate. "Guilty," said the foreman, and Saturday saw him up for sentence. Asked if he had anything to say, he said, "Yes, your Honor. I have been passed by Dr. Steer to go away as a soldier." He was only waiting to show the Hun a little of his art. ' . ; Then Sir Robert began to recite anthologies or biologies of the life and doings of Tom Brown from his school days up. Ho seemed to have been very busy doing time all over Godzone counj try. -He had done three months for theft at "Gisbin the Goldln." After leaving Stenchvilla he managed to I squeeze m 18 moons m tho Empire ! City for assault and battery; that was m 1909. Jn 1912 he*completed a neat little term of two months for false pretences tn Christchurch. There were various OTHER LITTLE RETIREMENTS, for matters of false pretences, theft and any odd crime which happened to be in' need of someone to carry It out. His Honor sent Tom Brown back to his school for two years and declared him to be an "habitual."