Impressions of the Week

NZ Truth, Issue 772, 21 August 1920, Page 2

Impressions of the Week

(From "Truth's" Dunedin Rep.) Taxi- Driver's Trouble. Cocky Cruickshanks In a Horse-Coop. Johnny Cruickshanks is a cockatoo on the far-famed Taieri, where spuds never fail, and sweeds swell to the dimensions of war-balloons. "Chi-uicky" dame to the dour toun and cashed a £30 cheque, receiving tour "fivers" and ten single notes. Later m the day at a hotel m Mosgeil. "Cockie" Cruickshanks lubricated himself to excess, and well-sozzled, he was gently carried by obliging friends and stowed away m a ,horse-box. From the box he was later on conducted to James | Frederick Quested's motor car, and as- i sisted by one Coopei 1 , "Cruicky" wag brought to Allanfon and then to Outram. w When "Cruicky" awoke from ■ the boozer's paradise, he missed his "sugar" — four "fivers," and straight away bee-lined for the police, and set ! up a whine. Everyone concerned was ' interviewed, and. finally Quested admitted finding the four "fivers" m the horse-coop. Quested had not been before the court previously. , : . Lawyer Smith, for the taxi-driver, said that lie found the money m the stable, and, unfortunately, sqecumbed to the temptation of taking it and spending it immediately on petrol. The- .Magistrate, while admitting there might be truth m the more favorable view, commented on Quested's indifferent honesty m the matter. Considering it was a first fault, ho admitted accused to twelve months' probation, and] directed immediate restitu- ' tion and the payment of expenses (£1 16s 6d). ■