UNLAWFULLY ON PREMISES.
14 DAYS IN GAOL. SWAGGER’S DOSS-HOUSE. At the Police Court this morning, before Mr J. W. Danby, J.P., James Frederick Wallace was charged with being unlawfully on the premises of Chas. Judd, Ltd.’s foundry. He pleaded guilty under provocation. Sergt. Macnamara said the accused had arrived at Thames about a fortnight ago and had been loitering about the town. He was warned by the police, and left for Coromandel. He returned to Thames and was found in a building belonging to Chas. Judd, Ltd., and was arrested. For his defence, the accused said he came to Thames to find work, and, not being able to find any, lie went to Coromandel. Being unsuccessful there, he returned to Thames. He asked a man on the street where swaggers “dossed” for the night, and was shown the premises in Cochrane Street.' He found the door open and went in. being arrested by the police. The Sergeant said the door was not open; it was closed, but not locked. „ After hearing the evidence of both parties, the accused was convicted and given 14 days’ hard labour in the Thames gaol.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18240, 14 July 1931, Page 2
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190UNLAWFULLY ON PREMISES. Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18240, 14 July 1931, Page 2
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