ROGUE IMPOSED ON TWO PRIESTS.
PROFITABLE VISITS MADE TO ST BEDE’S. Edward William O’Connor, a ship’s deserter, made several profitable visits | to St Bede's College last week. He is in gaol now. O’Connor pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court this morning to a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond, in that he had imposed upon people with false representations in order to obtain money. Detective-Sergeant Young said that the accused arrived in New Zealand about six weeks' ago. as a fireman on the s.s. Canadian Spinner. He deserted from the ship. A few days ago he went out to St Bede’s College, and borrowed ten shillings from one of the priests, saying that he wanted i train fare to Rakaia. The next day he came and asked another priest for £2, telling the same story to him. It was then found that he had borrowed money from other priests there. He was offered work, but did not accept it. . “I think he’s more fool than rogue.” I said the prosecutor. The Magistrate (Mr Young) : He deI liberately imposed upon the generosity ’ of the priests—one month’s imprisonI ment.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17831, 27 April 1926, Page 8
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