CONVERTING A POLICEMEN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1121, 21 February 1885, Page 4

CONVERTING A POLICEMEN.

A most ridiculous 'scene occurred at a church in Newcastle not long since. A policeman was passing the church as a gentleman came out. The man jocosely accosted the policeman and said he was wanted inside.

The policeman thought there was some trouble in the church and went in. The sexton, seeing the policeman, said, "Come right in here," and he took him to a pew, andr wOTed; his hand as {much as to say, "Help yourself."' ' There was another man in*he> pew, a deacon with a sinister expression, as the policeman thought, and he supposed that he was the man they wanted arrested, so he tapped the deacon on the arm, and told hint to come along. The deacon turned pale and edged along to get away, when the policeman inwr'tKe aislef * 'The" deacon struggled, tbinking^the. policeman jW&a.craay, -but Jie was dragged along. Many of the congregation thoqgbj^'the^eacpn had been doing ■omething wrong, and some of them got behind the deacon and helped the officer to fire him out.

The policeman law the man who told him he was w.ani§d-iiL~lha~«hurch, and miked him what the charge was against the deacon, but he didn't know. The Mxton was next appealed to, but he didn't know, and finally the prisoner was asked, what lira *poliwraaff was asked' what he «rrested|the,maa^or, and he didn't knows After *t>whiW~tne matter was explained, and the policeman, who had to .arrest •omebody* took the' man** inW Custody who told him he was wanted in the church, and he was fined fire dollars and eosti. The' man now says he will never try to «>nTdrt a policeman again.