INGRATITUDE!
WHAT A MAN WILL DO
■ A story told before Hr. W - .Aton, S.M.. yesterday, was sufficient to show the ingratitude of man. A higjnade man, named Cornelius O heeie, was arraigned on a charge of stealing a pair of shoes, valued at 6s 6d, the property of Thomas Montague. Sergeant Hutton explained unit O’Keefe came from Napier, and went to Montague who befriended him to the extent of giving him a bed in a wliaro. On the Bth O’Keefe had to he ejected, owing to his drunken condition and he returned, having access to the whare, and stole the shoes. His "Worship said it was a mean and contemptible theft, and he asked for the probation officer’s report. Later in the day. Sergeant Hutton reported unfavorably, stating that accused was an inebriate, and had been half-drunk since arriving here. O’Keefe was allowed 30 days in the Gisborne gaol in which to lose the effects of drink, which, he said, was responsible for the act.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3654, 15 October 1912, Page 2
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165INGRATITUDE! Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3654, 15 October 1912, Page 2
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