A middle-aged woman appeared at. the Wain- Police Court, Sydney, charged with being an habitual drunkard. As soon as the charge was read out the magistrate was stormed with appeals for leniency. Tlie woman declared with tremulous insistence that she would never do it again. Tlio senior (•ergea.nt. stated that she had lx>n> charged with '(lrifnliiMiiicss 15 times ■ihis year and 90 times since 1932. As there was a vacancy at one of the gaols for such e. case,_ the magiilralo ordered tho woman's detention there for 12 months. Don't be fooled, WOLFE'S is lie ml original Schn»i>j>»,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14358, 30 October 1908, Page 8
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