TWICE IN TWO DAYS
DRUNK MAN AT NEW PLYMOUTH. THOROUGHLY ASHAMED OF MYSELF “I can only say that I am thoroughly ashamed of myself and will submit to a prohibition order,” remarked Charles Donald Hoskyn when asked by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., in the New Plymouth Court yesterday if he had anything to say to a charge of intoxication. Sergeant Clist said defendant had been convicted of drunkenness twice in the past six months. The last time was the previous day, when he was convicted. He then refused to take out a prohibition order, stating that he could give up liquor, which was easy to keep off. The same evening he was arrested for drunkenness in Pukekura Park, with a part of a bottle of whisky in his pocket. Hoskyn was not only addicted to whisky, but also to methylated spirits. He had a ward record and suffered from war disabilities. He was quite a decent and respectable citizen when he left the liquor alone. Defendant was convicted and discharged.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1934, Page 15
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