Beggar had made 20p; COURTS 1.A MAN caught begging on the street managed to collect only 20p before he was told to stop by a police officer. Ronald Joseph Ronald Joseph (born in 1945) was an American figure skater. Skating career Ronald and his younger sister Vivian Joseph began skating together as children, attended Highland Park High School,[1] and competed for the Broadmoor Skating Club of Colorado. Kelly, 24, from Drummard Park, Derry, was prosecuted under the Vagrancy vagrancy, in law, term applied to the offense of persons who are without visible means of support or domicile while able to work. State laws and municipal ordinances punishing vagrancy often also cover loitering, associating with reputed criminals, prostitution, and (Ireland) Act 1847. Seamus Quigley, defending, told District Judge Barney McElholm that the fact that Kelly managed to collect only 20p "maybe says something about the generosity of the people of Derry". The judge imposed a conditional discharge on Kelly, who was described as a chronic on street alcoholic. |
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