AN OLD SOLDIER.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12000, 18 October 1906, Page 7

AN OLD SOLDIER.

♦ Breaks a Window to Get Lodging 111 and Penniless. (Per United Prea« A»oci»tionV EKETAHUNA, October 18. An old man, 81 years of age, was charged before Messrs Herbert and Haswell, J.s P., with breaking a window in the Courthouse, valued at 30s. He explained that he came to the colony in 1864, when he was in the 65th Regiment, and afterwards served in the colonial forces. He was suffering from a bad cold and had no money, so he broke the window to get lodgings. He was refused admission into various homes because lie was not a resident of the district. He had previously been convicted on a similar charge. *The Bench saw no option but to sentence him to two months' imprisonment, making representations to the Minister of Justice to get him placed in a home.