MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
(Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS.
Two male statutory first offenders were each fined the usual 5/-. Wm. Henry Syms, for having been drunk in Cathedral Square, an offence which constituted a first breach ef his current prohibition order, was warned that if he came up again for a breach of his order he would be ''sent up" for twelve months. For the present offences ho was fined 10/-, in default 48 hours' on each charge. "SENT UP." Henry Fredk. Neville, who appeared for having been drunk in Tuam Street, a third offence within the past six months, was also charged with a second breach of his prohibition order. He admitted both offences. The Senior-Sergeant said that Neville had a bad record. He had been running about without his trousers on and was in a bad state through drink. He was declared an habitual drunkard and committed to Rotoroa for twelve months, being convicted of the breach of the order.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 263, 10 December 1914, Page 8
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163MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 263, 10 December 1914, Page 8
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