HAD FAILING FOR BREAKING WINDOWS
VENTED HIS SPITE AT PROPRIETOR OF HOTEL. “This man seems to have rather a failing for breaking windows,” said Sergeant Hyland in the Magistrate’s Court this morning, referring to the case of Arthur Sheriff, a labourer, who was charged on two counts, drunkenness, and wilfully breaking two panes of glass valued at £4, in the Star and Garter Hotel, the property of Richard Nish. Sheriff was convicted on each charge, fined 10s, in default 24 hours, for drunkenness and £2 and costs on the second charge, being ordered to make good the damage done. The Sergeant said that Sheriff went to the hotel on Saturday afternoon in a drunken condition, and was refused liquor. He vented his spite by breaking two panes of glass. The Sergeant handed up a lengthy Tist to the Bench. “ Rather a bad list,” commented the Magistrate. “ It’s the effect of the war,” said Sheriff. “ I’m not supposed to drink at all.” “ That makes it all the worse,” said Mr Mosley, S.M. “ Why do you drink?” There was no reply from the dock.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 76, 30 March 1931, Page 7
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