WEEK FOR CLEAN-UP
VAGRANT’S STAY IN GAOL WAS WARNED BY POLICE “I think we had better send him above for a week to be cleaned up,” commented Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., when William McKenna appeared in the Police Court this morning on a charge of vagrancy. McKenna, aged 42, pleaded not guilty to being idle and disorderly, having insufficient lawful means of support. He was an unkempt figure, with a stubble of beard. According to Detective Allen, McKenna had been seen about the streets for some weeks. He was doing no work and lived at the Doss House. He had been accompanied by another man, who had left town and found work after being warned by witness. The Magistrate: What sort of character has McKenna? Witness: Not bad—l don’t think he would steal, but he has been hanging round the hotels a lot. McKenna explained that he was unable to get work. “I have had constant employment for 22 years,” he said. ‘ This is the first time I have ever been out of work.” Chief-Detective Hammond considered that McKenna should have been able to find work. “He finds enough money for drink,” he said. “Why, he is half full of booze now.” McKenna was remanded for a week for sentence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 734, 6 August 1929, Page 16
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211WEEK FOR CLEAN-UP Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 734, 6 August 1929, Page 16
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