POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 58, 9 March 1889, Page 5

POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

(Before Dr. Giles, R.M.)

Drtokennhss.— Three first offenders were dealt with in the usual way. Loimking avith a Cab.-William Mudlord, drivei of a cab, was charged with having committed a breach of the City Bylaws by loitering with his, cab in Queenstreet, and thereby causing an obstruction.— Mr G. Goldie conducted the. case on behalf of the City Council and Mr F. Eavle appeared for the defendant.—Mr Goldie deposed that he was Inspector of Vehicles for the Council. The defendant was a licensed driver, and on the 19th of February ho was loitering with his cab in Queen-street, thereby causing an obstruction by swerving the traffic. There was no passenger in the carriage at the time. \\ ltneea had received numerous written complaints with regard to this practice ot cabmen.—His Worship, without calling upon the defence, said he thought that this was really a case of plying for hire, and he ma not think that the by-law supported the charge laid. The by law did not make loitering-itself an offesce ; it was only when it caused an obstruction that it could be dealt with, It appeared to him that the City Council would have to amend the bylaw. The case was dismissed. Carox v. CAnoy.-—This was a case in which Mrs Janie Isabella Carpn applied under the Married Women's Property Protection Act, for an order against her husband, William Caron, on the grounds of cruelty and failure to provide adequate maintenance. Mrs Caron asked to have the case postponed, as her witnesses were not in attendance, she having been only notified, ,at 5 o'clock last night that the case would bo heard .to-day.— Mr T. Cotter appeared on behalf of the defendant, instructed by Mr Griffiths. He regretted that he must oppose tho adjournment, as it had already been postponed for one week.—Mrs Caron: "That was on account of tho other side.'I—Mr Cotter said that he thought that the wisest course would bo to dismiss the case, and in the meanwhile perhaps M^s Caron would see what she was doing and this matter might be'settled between husband and wile. Mr Caron was quite willing to have the master settled, and he might state that he had one of the most beautiful homes in Ponsonby for his wife to go to. —Mrs Caron : "She never ehall. lam not content to go'back to be ill-used and halfstarved. His house is but a gilded cage." —His Worship paid that if such were Mrs Caron's feelings it would be useless to dismiss the application, as she would merely lay it again next week. He would, therefore, grant an adjournment until next Wednesday.