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DRUNKEN BLACKGUARD” A YEAR’S GAOL “Would I do such a thing, Your Honour?” naively asked James David Henry Reid at the Supreme Court yesttrday when he was tried for obscene behaviour and language. “Don't ask me!” was Mr. Justice Stringer s reply. Giving, evidence in the witness-box, Reid said: “I was drunk and X don’t remember anything.” He had nothing more to say. His Honour: Well, that’s no defence It is a ridiculous waste of time for this case to be tried here. The man admits that he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at the Magistrate's Court for a similar offence and he has insisted on being tried here. "I’ve been all through the war and I was wounded in the head,” pleaded Reid. “X have just come to this country and I have already done six months.” His Honour: You probably deserved It! Without retiring the jury brought in 1 verdict of guilty. His Honour: This time it will be twelve months. I cannot have drunken blackguards like you wandering about the streets using filthy language and chasing women and girls. When you come out you may be a respectable member of society.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 37, 6 May 1927, Page 3
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