MAN SAID HE WAS NOT DRUNK, BUT WAS IN FIT.
Arrested for drunkenness, Simon Brophy, aged 40, told Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., that he was not under the influence but was suffering from an epilepic fit. Brophy, however, did admit having seven or eight long beers yesterday.
“A man who takes epileptic fits should not touch drink, you know,” said Mr Mosley. “Convicted and fined 20s and costs, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.”
Brophy’s excuse was taken as a plea of not guilty. The Islington constable said that accused was arrested at 1 p.m. yesterday at Templeton, where he was making himself a nuisance to a shopkeeper. If Brophy had a fit it was a pretty long one.
A constable at the watch house said that the accused had to be carried to the cells as he could not stand when brought in. He was obviously drunk.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 145, 20 June 1931, Page 9
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