THOUGHT HE WAS A LUNATIC

NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 5

THOUGHT HE WAS A LUNA TIC

; ' ■■■■ i- ■■''- l ''.'■" * (From "Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) , t The weird and unseemly ant.i cs of a man on the Manukau ! Road recently attracted the attention of Robert JYlenzies, who was standing 1 at his window. Two men m blue spotted the peculiar one, who also spotted > . them and hailed a tramcar mth c act of passing*. The police ] boarded it also and arrested James David Henry Reid. •: Reid appeared before Magistrate Hunt on a charge of wilful ' ' exposure. A smart young man of 28, he- appeared to feel his \ unpleasant position keenly and pleaded not guilty. ■ \ Evidence was given by Menzies that he thojig-ht Reid was a j , lunatic. 1 . " The evidence convinces me that: you are guilty, ' ' said Magis- - . ] trate Hunt; "six months' imprisonment.'.' Reid took it badly. i • "*-.■ ■■•■•■■■■,'."■■ . ■ ■ .'■ ■ ."■■' ' ■ . .:...' ■■-.■■, •• ■ ■ . ' '-\; : ■'■ i — — . — — ' •• - i T '(