BREACH OF ORDER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21820, 25 November 1940, Page 6

BREACH OF ORDER

PROMISES UNRELIABLE “I do not think your promises are very reliable,” remarked Mr H. Morgan, S.M., at the Timaru Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, in convicting and imposV l /? a fine of P Jus t ax i hire 1/6, on James Alexander Mcßride who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and also to committing a breach of a prohibition order by having secured liquor from some person unknown at Timaru on November 22. Sergeant R. Henry said that accused had been arrested at 6.10 p.m. on Friday and had been locked up for the night. The accused said that he had arrived from Palmerston North by the express oil Friday afternoon and had come to Timaru with the honest intention of securing a reconciliation with his wife and doing the best for his family. In reply to his Worship, Sergeant Henry said that accused had been arrested in April last for trespassing on his wife’s property during the currency of a separation order, when he had been admitted to probation for one year and an order issued prohibiting him from taking liquor during that period. There had been one convictlon for a breach of the prohibition order at Christchurch since April. The accused maintained that he had not had any liquor in Timaru. He had had a few drinks on the ship coming over. ° The Magistrate: You must have arrived here drunk; otherwise you would not have been arrested. Tlie accused: Nobody took any exception to me. The Magistrate: Drink seems to be a great trouble to you. When you came before me in April you made promises to leave liquor alone. You have a long list of convictions in that respect since 1919. The accused: I have had only one conviction in four years. The Magistrate: You appear to leave Timaru and go to places where you are not known and secure liquor. The accused promised that he would leave liquor alone during the time he was in Timaru. but his promise did not impress the Court. He was allowed a fortnight to pay the fine. A statutory first offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged his Worship granting him a chance as he had work to go to at Waimate.