BRANDY FOR HIS WIFE

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1930, Page 15

BRANDY FOR HIS WIFE

JOHN LARKIN BEFORE COURT. “He had not had any drink but was waiting to get drink,”'‘said’ Senior Sergt. MeCrorie in the Police Court yesterday when John Joseph Larkin, being a prohibited man, was Charged!'with being found in the' Criterion Hotel. Larkin had not been before the court since bcin» discharged from the home, added the senior sergeant. . ■ “This man is not unknown to the court,” eaid Mr. C. E. Monaghan, “but he has been making serious efforts to mend his ways.” Counsel said that Larkin had been at the Public Works camp at Tangarakau for some months. He had come into town at the request of his wife, who'had been ill. He went to the hotel to get some brandy for her. He was making a genuine effort to pull himself together. The magistrate inflicted a fine of 20s with 10s costs, remarking that if Larkin were making a genuine effort to pull himself together the court appreciated it.