MAN WAS FOUND IN STABLE BY POLICE.
S.M. GIVES HIM FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR A MONTH
Percy Edmonds, a labourer, aged 46, decided to sleep in a stable on premises at 258, Hereford Street, c-n Saturday night, but someone informed the police and Edmonds was arrested.
In the Magistrate’s Court to-day he pleaded guilty to being found on premises without lawful excuse, but without intention to commit a crime, and was convicted and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.
The police stated that the accused had been convicted previously for a similar offence.
The owner of the stable said that Kdmonds worked for him twenty years but he had no authority to sleep in the stable. Witness asked the accused and another man to leave the premises but they did not go. Eventually a neighbour informed the police. “ You have been in trouble many, many times,” said the Magistrate (Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.). “I had better give you food and clothing for a month.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19300630.2.46
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 19109, 30 June 1930, Page 6
Word Count
167MAN WAS FOUND IN STABLE BY POLICE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19109, 30 June 1930, Page 6
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.