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■} ; (By Telegraph—Offri .Oofrespondent.) . , Auckland, June 9 En the small hours of-this'morning, ■ / Constable, Stackpple met a hilarious trio in 'Queen ;srreet,: who were. ; ; 'f making night, hideous" with their f unmelodious warbling One of them ■ i Was drunk, and as he refused to keep quiet, the constable ptoceeded to arrest ; , him. ; One of the others, T. W. Davis ; by name,, tried to push the policeman : awa}, 'and: get; his, mate free, but Coristablo 'Jackson arrived in time to ;Becure Davis, and-.the-pair.were takeu ;i:- to the lock-up. This morning the inebriated one, .beingV first offender, was let off with a fine of 5s or 24 hours' , hard labour.- Davis pleaded not guilty .-"■ |' to a charge 'of obstructing Constable St'ackpole. •■ He said they had been working... as /.• waiters ■ ;at the Ball all night, and ••':'/;■ were trying to got their mate home-as quietly as v possible,.he being drunk, After hearing the evidence .of the.two •\, constables, the Bench imposed a firie Vbf £5, in default a month's hard labor, . The.'money was paid.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9062, 10 June 1898, Page 3
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168UNKNOWN Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9062, 10 June 1898, Page 3
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