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POLICE COURTS
HOBART.
MULGA FRED. UP AGAIN.
At the City Police Court on Satur-
day, before Mr. E. W. Turner, Police
Magistrate.
Mulga Fred., the Australian aborig-
inal at present in Hobart, was charg-
ed with having been drunk and dis-
orderly the previous evening. He
pleaded guilty.
The Police Magistrate: You did not
take the chance I gave you yesterday.
You will be fined £1, in default four
days.
Defendant: Your Worship, will you
give me time to find a quid?
The Police Magistrate: Who will
give you a £1?
Defendant : A fellow down the road;
a bloke I know who's kicking about
here.
The Police Magistrate: You tell the
police lus name, and they will find him
for you. Meanwhile you stay here.
PENALTY OP AUDACITY.
A young man was charged with hav-
ing trepassed on the premises of
George Ernest "Wright, of Do Witt
street, on January 23. Ho pleaded
guilty.
Chief Detective Oakes 6aid that Mr.
Wright's daughter, whilst closing .the
sitting-room window on the night in
question, saw the defendant m the
gardon. Silo screamed, and lier father
who was a policeman, arrested defend-
ant and brought him. to the station
where ho was charged with being on
the promises for an unlawful purpose
and locked up for the night. Tho
authorities had now learnt some flesh
features of the case, as tho result of
which the cliargo liad been reduced to
one of trespass.
Mr. A. 6. Ogilvie, for defendant,
said lus client had never before been
in a court. Ho was suffering from very
bad health at present. On the night
mentioned in. the charge ho was going
to work at a bakery about 11.30 when
he saw Mr. Wright's daughter at a
window. Ho took the liberty of ad-
dressing her, and entered tho garden
to speak to her, though he liad never
met her before. She resented his bella v
iour and called to her father, '«ho
came out and arrested defendant. Ho
asked the Police Magistrate to take a
lenient view of the offence.
The Police Magistrate agreed to do
this and imposed a fine of £1 and
costs.
Tilomas Fitzgerald and George Mills,
for being drunk and disorderly in Mur-
ray-street the previous day, had con-
victions recorded against them.
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