ASKED MAN FOR FISH AND CHIPS.
WOMEN SAID THEY HAD NOT EATEN FOR DAYS
Described as pests by the police, Louisa Findlay, a domestic, aged fortythree years, .and Margaret M’Dermott, aged forty-seven years, were convicted in the Magistrate's Court to-day and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour by Mr H. P. La wiry, S.M. The accused were charged that on December 2 they were deemed to be rogues and vagabonds in that they had insufficient lawful visible means of support. Findlay was convicted on April 8, 1929, on a charge of being idle and disorderly, and M’Dermott on March 11, 1929, on a similar charge.
Both elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector O’Hara said that the two women had been making nuisances of themselves on the streets and round the hotels, and had been warned by the police over their behaviour. Yesterday they accosted a man on the street and he gave them a shilling. Then they asked him to buy them fish and chips, saying that they had had nothing to eat for three days. This he did. Afterwards they followed him along the street, asking him to get them two bottles of beer. They were in a drunken condition at the time.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19243, 3 December 1930, Page 5
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210ASKED MAN FOR FISH AND CHIPS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19243, 3 December 1930, Page 5
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