FRANCIS AND HIS FOLLIES.

NZ Truth, Issue 818, 16 July 1921, Page 8

FRANCIS AND HIS FOLLIES.

A "Gay Lothario" and a Bird of -Passage. (From "Truth's". Dunedin Rep.) Alfred Ashley Francis, proceeded 1 against for affiliation and maintenance. j orders m respect to his unborn, illegitimate' child, exhibited all the atas of a- Don Juan. He looked the typical "flapper -winger," or. as they say m the classics, a fair and gi&Ay "ladykiller." He was good looking, well polished, and quite the Gay Lothario, even m the box. as Lawyer Irwin said. Of course, Alfred admitted paternity m quite a polite, smiling way. Then Lawyer Irwin released his candid tongue. ' "Said the lawyer: Defendant has already been imprisoned* for failing to maintain his own wife. When he was pinched last night he had an appointment with another girl. He is just a "Gay Lothario" and a bird of passage. (Titters m the court). Alfred Ashley Francis snjlled beamingly, even when the Beak kindly gave him forty-eight hours to find' a bond of £100, and to report regularly to the police until he dug up the bond. The affiliation order was made.