NAKED IN A STABLE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 7

NAKED IN A STABLE.

A VAGABOND S LIFE, Fall id-faced, and dressed in tattered clothes. Michael Hughes, aged fortytight years, pleaded guilty at the Magistrate’s Court this morning before Mr H. V. YYiddowson, S.M.. to leadin;.. what the magistrate called “ an awful life.” Hughes shuffled into the box. and kept Ins gaze fixed upon the roof of the Court while Sergeant A. G. Qua* UTinain told his story. The accused was charged with being a rogue and vagabond in that lu had insufficient lawful visible means of support. The .scigeu.nl said that the accused had been convicted for being idle and disorderly in .lulv last. Yesterday he found'him naked and crouched in the corner of a stable under a pile of sacks. The man was in a starving condition and the owners of the stable thought h - was dying. H<> was dirty and verminous. Sergeant Quartern)ain added that ho had known Hughes ever since lie was a hoy. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was ari excellent tradesman. He was in a terribly weak condition through drink and lack of food If he were given a chance to build up a constitution. he would probably be able to work well again. The accused was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment.