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STREET BEGGARS SENT TO
GAOL.
Two dirty-looking old follows were before
the City Court yesterday charged with .wan
dering abroad begging for alms. One wns
James Juckson, against whom It was ullegod
that on Sunday ho pestered the worshippers
nt Scots' Chureli, Collins-street, as they
were lenvlug after morning service, by stand
ing hat (n hand on the doorstep, near the
door. When given a elinueo to explain his
Conduct, Jnekson said that ho was totally
lillud. Sergeant Eason, the court orderly,
however, declared tlint the allegation wns
untrue. He was sentenced, to. 12 months'
Imprisonment, nt which ho wns so Indignant,
thut when the orderly,, according to custom,
iiBked his age, lie replied with nn Indepen
dent gruut, "I don't know; I couldn't write
when I was horn, so I couldn't rauke a note
of It."
John Wlrth was then ushered lu, similarly
charged. Constable Corby told the bench
that accused on Saturday throw uwny seve
ral packets of food with which ho had been
supplied by ebarltnbly disposed persons. Ac
cused iiitcrjeeted that ouc parcel fell out of
Ids hand, hut the constable maintained that
defendant bad wilfully throwu the food
awny, aud more tbmi one bundle of It. A
seutcuce of six mouths -was recorded.
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