POLICE COURT NEWS.
TO-DAY'S CASES. • • > ■ 'V T A SOLDIER'S 'WEAKNESS. A 'member of the Expeditionary Fore© was oh&rgcdl ivt tho Cnnstcxiurch ■ Magistrate's Court this morning, before : "\fr Ii "VV. Bishop, S.M., with drunlc- • ■ euness, and also with procuring liquor ■ while prohibited. He pleaded guilty to both offences. _ Senior-Sergeant Mathieson said that the man wits a. first offender. Defendant told the Bench that he had no drinlc for three months. He ■was on siolc leave and was due to go - back to camp that night. He would ' not touch beer any more. Mr Bishop: That, no doubt, is. your present intention, but you have a weakness and are liable to be tempted if left to yourself. I wish to protect yon against yourself. Senior-Sergeant Mathieson suggested ihat the accused should be handed over , to the military authorities. ' Mr Bishop assented to this course, ■ and ordered liiro to come up for sentence when called upon.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11609, 29 January 1916, Page 4
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