THE WRONG HOUSE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17061, 20 September 1929, Page 10

THE WRONG HOUSE

YOUIsTG MAN’S ERROR TRICKED BY MAORI GIRL (Por Press Association.) \ DAiNNEVIiITvE, Just night. A Maori. riiald wandering round the streets into at eight got a chivalrous young married the dutches ou the, police by a subtle ruse., Afjer getting.Jjinii,to escort her to the locality . iri which, she, is said to reside she asked her compuniyi) to go into a house at 4 a.m, apd turn on the electric light, so that she would hot make a. noise on. entering. Befuddled with liquor, the man discarded his hoots and entered the house of a prominent busiicss man, Air. F. IJullick., Pandemonium broke loose when he placed his hand on the face of a sleep ujg young woman. She screamed, and the man bolted to the dining room, where lie.was hemmed in by the household, male and •female,, and waited the arrival of the police in a comfortable chair. it inter transpired that (lie Maori girl did not live on the premises, and had adopted ths ruse to get rid of her escort, it was more effective than she had anticipated, as he disappeared into the darkness. Later, the, man appeared in op a Charge of being illegally" on premises without 1 intent to commit a, crime. Ho was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within three months if called unon. , , . ...