An Unfortunate Woman.
You Can Hang Me If You Like.
When Annie Bolton, aged 35, with a record of 74 convictions, was brought before Mr. Pinnock, police-magistrate, this morning, to answer the charge of disorderly conduct and using obscene language, she said – in reply to the usual question, “How do you plead?” -that she was guilty, and intimated to Mr. Pinnock he could if he liked hang her. Mr. Pinnock said he could not do that.
The closely packed crowd of persons who had come to regale their ears and sight with scenes lamentable, on hearing the expression of utter abandonment of the unfortunate woman were greatly amused and expressed themselves in audible smiles. Mr. Pinnock, however, at once checked this outburst of merriment at another’s woes, and administered a severe rebuke, stating that it was only due to the conduct of such men as they that the woman had fallen so low.
Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld.: 1872 – 1947), Tuesday 10 March 1891, page 5
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