LARRIKINISM IN PARNELL.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 178, 30 July 1888, Page 3

LARRIKINISM IN PARNELL.

At the Police Court this morning a youth named Julian Fernandas was charged under the Police Offences Act, 1884, Section 3, sub-section 29, by behaving in an insulting manner in Manukau Road, Parnell, on the 3rd July, by removing shutters from the premises of Henry Holland and Charles .Johnston, and also with removing an iron bar from tho premises of W. C. Griffiths. Mr W. J. Napier appeared for the plaintiff, and pleaded not guilty to each of tho three charges. Inspector Broham conducted the prosecution. Constable Hobson, stationed at Parnell, deposed thab on tho morning of the 4th instant he received information regarding the three charges. Ho afborwards laid bhe information against the defendant. James Donaldson, bootmaker, Newmarket, deposed to being wibh the accused in Parnell on Tuesday night, the 3rd of July. It was about 11 o'clock at night. He saw the accused take away tome shutters from the side of a shop and carry them up bhe street some little distance and place them in another doorway. He also saw defendant take away an iron bar from a butcher's shop. He took the bar round by St. Mary's Church, and threw it oyer a fonoe. Witness warned defendant that he would be getting himself into trouble. They had not been drinking. The defondaht had no bad intention. He just did it for fun, and meant no harm by it. William Searle deposed that he was in company with tho defendant in Parnell when the oflcncc was committed. By Mr Napier: Witness had an accoruion and the last witness a whistle, and they were making a noise. Could not say whether the defendant was using ' the shutters aa bona*.

John Head, a butcher hi the employ of Mr W. C. Griffiths, deposed to missing- an iron toil from fche front of the ebop. It was subsequently brought back to them by another boy Witness had boon looking for ib for a couple of hours, Henry Holland, milkman, Mangere Dairy, Parnell, deposed bo missing one of the p.hutters from hia shop, when Constable Hobson drew his attention to it. Ho found his shutter higher up trie road. James Hogan, a bakeremployed at Charles Johnson's, deposed to missing ono of their shutters. Ho found it up at Marriot's, the grocer, about 40 yards away. Mr Napier submitted that there was no case to answer, _as the insulting behaviour was not done in the presence of passersby. His Worship asked if thab was tho only clause under which such cases could be taken. Mr Sroham said that unfortunately there was no other. He had looked carefully through the Acb, and could nob find any other clause that would cover the offence. Dr. Giles said that he musb say that it appeared to him that the clause did not cover the offence with which the defendant was charged. He was sorry to dismiss any such case as that, bub under tho circumstances there was no other course which he could adopt. The caß6 was accordingly dismiaaod.