POLICE COURT-THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 120, 22 May 1890, Page 4

POLICE COURT-THIS DAY.

(Before Messrs W. Duncan and W. Crowther, Justices.) I Obujtkenness.—Two first offenders W e ?*j§si each fined ss, or in default 24 hours' hard labour. Henry Thomas was fined 10s,■ .r|f|. in default 48. hours' hard labour. Eli_»ll Lestrange, for a third offence within 8-«lK' months, was fined £5, or in default one n ||i month's hard labour. James Wilson $»' pleaded guilty to having been drunk, also with having committed damage to pro-:gM perty belonging to Ah Chee.—He was fine<i|||»: 10s, and ordered to pay the damage. H A Prohibited Person. — Alexander |; Hedley was charged with having heenjfl drunk yesterday, also with having on tti_|w 21st of May wilfully broken one pane glass, value 10s 6d, the property of Me ssrjlM; Russell and Campbell.—lnspector Brohan. said that as Mr Russell declined to prose- , cute, he would withdraw the second charge. a| He pointed out that Hedley was a prohibited under the Licensing Act, and yet this was tho second time he had been charged with drunkenness within six; R montha.—The Bench fined prisoner Aor \ in default seven days' hard labour. SI . Alleged Wife Desertion..— Johnson was charged with having failed.to.'a provide his wife and children with adecpftOTHj. means of support at Wellington.— dant said he had no intention of deserting his wife. He had a good position <aMB Hokianga, but his wife would go to Nelson || to her parents. He came up here and work on a boat. He was willing to eiuieraM send for his wife or leave her his wagej»f!«S —The defendant wa'a remanded to W^w "t lington. A Serious Charge.—John was charged with having uttered a forgwJM_| cheque for the payment of £4 3s 6d, witoHp intent to defraud.—On the application oMB Inspector Broham, the prisoner was rtMJH manded until next Tuesday, ,#|.