POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 181, 1 August 1892, Page 2

POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

(Before Captain Harris arid John Gordon Esq., J.P.'s.)

Drunkenness. —One first offender was fined £1 for non-appearance, Another firg. offender was fined ss, or 24 hours' impruonment.

Alleged Assault.—James Egan w& a charged wibh having assaulbod Roberb Keenan by sbriking him over bhe head wibh a whip handle on the morning of bhe 3lsb ulb. — Dr. Laishley appeared for bhe defence.— Sergeant Gamble asked thab the caso be remanded, as Keenan was unable to appear. —Dr. Laishley said that Keenan had been drinking in the public streets since the time of the alleged assault. He thought that this might prove that the present state of the plaintiff was induced, not by the assault, but by tho subsequent drinkino. He objected to the remand.—The Bench decided that the hearing of the case be deferred till Saturday. Bail was allowed the prisoner in £20 and one surety of £20. Obstructing a Constable. — George Wynne appeared on a charge of obstructing Constable Windus on the\nighb of the 30th ult., while the latter was in the discharge of his duty in Queen-street.—Constable Windus deposed that he had arrested a drunken man on Saturday night, and waa conveying him to the station when the prisoner interfered, with the result thab the drunken man gob free. The constable then arrested the accused.—The Bench sentenced the defendanb to pay £1 or go to prison for lCdays. City By-laws. — George Robley was charged with driving a horso and buggy at other than a walking pace round the corner of Karangahape Road and Symondestreeb.—7Afte.r evidence of the offence had been given, the accused was fined Is and costs.

Borough By-laws.—Francis James Quick appeared in answer to an information charging him with being the owner of a stage carriage in the borough of Devonport, and with having neglected to painb on the same the number of the passengers it was licensed to carry.—Sergeant Gamble said that before the case proceeded he would like to have a small error in the information corrected. There was a clerical error committed in the insertion of by-law No. 1 in the information, lb should have been by-law No. 2 under which the information was laid. Thore was no by-law No. I.—Mr Brassey strongly objected to this course. He said that Mr Quick was prepared to ab once affix to his 'bus a plate bearing the number of passengers it waa licensed to carry.—The Bench dismissed the case.

Education Act. — Thomas Sullivan, charged with having neglected to send hie child to school, pleaded that his wifo had been sick, and that the boy was detained ab home to run messages.—The Bench im- " pressed on the father the great advantages which his boy forfeited by no. attending school. Ib was to be hoped thab in futuro he would send his child to school. Sullivan was sentenced ib pay the costs oi the case.— Julia Stone for a similar offenced escaped a fine, but had to pay the costs.—David Taylor was charged with neglecting bo send bis child to school. Mr Small, Districb Truant Inspector, deposed that the boy, although now attending a private school, had not, during the past quarter, attended, school for the 30 days required by the Act' —Mrs Taylor appeared for her husband, and said that ab presenb her boy went ' every day to school. She could nob get geb bim to go to a public school, and therefore senb him to a private one.. Defendanb' was required to pay costs.—Mary Ann, Smith pleaded guilby to a like charge, and; was lee off withoub paytaenb of costs.— John Petersen, who did nob appear in answer to a similar charge, was fined ss.—Samuel Brown was charged with being the father of a boy who would not attend school.—Mr * Matthews appeared for the defendant and pleaded that the boy was a great trouble to his parents in the matter of school attendance. They had the greatest, difficulty in getting him to go to school.— Mr Small eaid thab the boy had been a confirmed bruanb for two years. After a, good deal of discussion the case was ad« journed for a month, the Bench cautioning the defendant.; against permitting his boy to stay away from school.