POLICE COURT .-THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 198, 19 August 1904, Page 2

POLICE COURT .-THIS DAY.

(Before Messrs George Read, George Roberts, and H. O. Hendy, J^P.'a.) Drunkenness. —Two first offenders and David Morgan were fined 5/, and "Daniel" 10/ for drunkenness: Martin Gumud, who was convicted of throwing spittoons about in the Metropolitan Hotel, was fined 20/ or 48 hours lor disorderly conduct while drunk. Alleged Housebreaking.—George Williams, who was charged with entenng the dwelling of Joseph Coleman on June 17, and stealing from it a quantity of jewellery, was remanded on the application of the police for a week, lor the -arranging of the evidence. Idle and Disorderly.—Nellie Water 3, an islander, pleaded not guilty to being an idle and disorderly person without lawful means o* support. The police gave her a bad character, and seated that there wer.e getting to be too many of these girls about the streets. She was convicted and sentenced to a month's gaol. Nellie Mills was similarly charged and punished. She pleaded guilty. Obstructing the Footpath.—-A. R. Tyler'was fined ■s/ and coets for obstructing Queen-street on August 13, by leaving 13 cases of goods on the footpath for three hours. The Bench remarked that this practice was too frequent.' A Window Smasher. —John Poison, charged with Aviliully breaking a pane of window glass owned by James Blood, and also with resisting the police, pleaded quietly, and was defended by Mr Martin. He was ordered to pay the 40/ damage caused by the smash (the affair beipg regarded by the Bench as an accident), and fined 20/ and costs on the second charge. A charge of attempting to escape was withdrawn. Fred Crane, who pleaded guilty to aiding the previous man to resist arrest, ■wa3, after considerable deliberation by the Bench, fined £5 and coats for the offence, the Court deciding to lighten the penalty on account of the accused' 3 youth and peculiar circumstances, as pointed out by Mr Martin. The Bench dwelt on the greater ibility of anyone who, being himself not a prisoner, purposely helped one who wa3 being arrested to resist. A Carter's Omission. — Richard Crocker, who was defended by Mr Martin, pleaded guilty to fraudulently omitting to account for two sums of £1 13/7 and 8/9 received by him on different occasions for his employer, Frederick Price, for whom he drove a baker's cart. Mr Martin showed accused to have had a previous good character, and suTg , est°d that he should be fined. The Bench decided to (inflict a penalty of three months' imprisonment, reducing it to probation for that period, accused being ordered to pay buck the amounts and ! also to pay the witnesses' expenses. Row in a Fruit Shop.—Charles Lovett, for whom Mr Martin appeared, was charged with wilfully smashing a glass valued at 1/ in Charles Brown's shop on the evening of August 11. but the Bench summarily dismissed the case. Being further charged with using riotour behaviour at the same place, he pleaded guilty, and was convicted, the Bench satisfying itself by binding him 'over in two sureties of £25 or one of : £50 to keep the peace for six months. Two youths who were in the shop at the ;same time were also charged, but the J Bench summarily dismissed the charges against them.

By-law Cases.—Stephen Foley was fined 1/ and costs for carrying pig-wash across a footpath. W. A. Harvey was j fined 1/ and costs for leaving a hand-cart ' on the roadway unattended. J. T. and R. Carter pleaded guilty to kicking a football about in a prohibited part oi the Domain on Sunday, and were fined 1/ and costs. Five children similarly charged were let off with a caution that they would be punished if they or any others were caught again. Dismissed.— Edward Aloock was charged on the information of Sarah Aslick with wilfully breaking a window valued at 3/. but as there was not enough corroborative evidence tue -case was dismissed.