(Before Messrs A. Thomson and J. Morgan, J.P.s.) Insufficient Means of Support.— Mary Collins, with a number of aliases, charged with having insufficient lawful means of support, pleaded not guilty.— Sergeant Geerin stated that complaints had been made to the police of the disgraceful conduct of the accused, more especially when under the influence of drink. She had for the past six weeks been frequent ing the various Chinese fishing huts between Sawyers Bay and St. Leonards. Con stable Lawrence stated that when he arrested the accused on warrant at 6.30 p.m. on the 19th inst. she was it bed in one of the Chinese huts, which was in a most filthy condi tion. He had warned the accused on the previous Saturday to leave the district.—Accused Raid Rhe came from the North Island, and if their Worships would deal leniently with her Bhe would return there.—ln answer to the Bench, Sergeant Geerin said that accused had been convicted on elevendiff erent occasions for habitual drunkenness, obscene language, indecency, and vagrancy for terms varying from six months to six weeks, her last conviction "being in March.— The Bench remarked that accused's record was a very bad one, but they would deal leniently with her in the hopes that she would lead a b2tter life. She was then sentenced to Bix weeks' imprisonment, with hard labor.
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South Dunedin.—Formal business only was transacted at the ordinary meetiDg of the South Dunedin Borough Council last evening.
