Tom Taggart’s Adventures

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 339, 17 August 1889, Page 2

Tom Taggart’s Adventures

Thomas Taggart appeared before His Worship yesterday morning to answer to a charge of being unlawfully on the premises of Mr B. J. Reynolds, in Childers Road. Thomas pleaded not guilty—he had never Been Mr Reynolds in his life before he saw him in the witness box. Mr Reynolds however soon put beyond all doubt Taggart's identity with a man whom he found, at 3 o'clock on Thursday morning, sitting on th) side of the bath in the room next to his (Reynolds!) bodroom. This was on the second story, and ths only way fig could possibly get there wae to enter the house and go upstairs. Tho only excuss that Taggart had was that he had mistaken the house tor a public bouse—a very funny mistake tor Tom, who has had so much experience. Simple aa Taggart was, he was knowing enough not to allow him eel f to be taken to Mr Beatty's hotel, and expressed a desire to get to Makaraka. Mr Reynolds kindly assisted him to Gladstone Road, and there left him.

Mrs Reynolds said she was disturbed by a noise on the verandah. She thought it might ba one of the children, but finding them all eats she went through the house and discovered a man in the bathroom. She then called her husband. She had no doubt that the prisoner was the man, and she bad also heard him tell her husband that his name was Tom Taggart, The Magistrals said he was satisfied that prisoner was the man, and oalled for Tom’s previous record, which ranged over a period of ten years, and included three months for larceny, th ee months for being illegally on premises, besides a reppectabie list of terme for drunkenness. 11 Four months' hard labor in Napier gaol,” was the Magistral's further addition io that record.