The Police Court Record Beaten.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 628, 4 July 1891, Page 2

The Police Court Record Beaten.

Ths ” drunk ” record for tho respectable town of Gisborna is so small that the fact of its being beaten may not moan much, but it refers attention to tho subject. On Thursday morning there was ths longest list that Court bfibiAH could remember—four druuke "in the one batch I The first was an intelligent looking Maori, who had a nasty bruieo about his temple, which he had got by falling heavily when drunk. Mr Booth let him off without a fine, warning him not to let the offence Occur again. Prisoner (pointing to his bruise) I Nolook what I've got I fLaijghtel'.) Next oama two Europeans, who had also been disorderly, but seemed sorry for the disgrace. One was fined 10?, and the other a £l, Then came an elderly Maori, who had been ejected from the play on the previous evening, and who had gone swaggering against pedestrians, without a thought as to whether .they approved of such conduct. He admitted the charge, but said he know nothing of what he had done when drunk. Mr Booth gave him a caution, and fined him 20a. The Macri (smiling sweetly, and showing his fine set of tooth) : That is very good indeed 1 (Laughter.) Thi|i of course was said in the Maori language; I