Should have stayed sober
On 5 December 1887, Charles McKenzie was tried at the Toowoomba District Court for stealing from the person. McKenzie plead guilty to stealing a pocket book containing money and cheques from a man named Edmonds, at Crow’s Nest. However, he asked that the judge be lenient as he had already been in prison for three months. He also urged in his defence that both himself and Edmonds had been drunk at the time the offence occurred. In light of these circumstances, the judge sentenced McKenzie to be detained until the rising of the court.
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