POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 200, 22 August 1904, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. (Before Mr Kettle, S.M.) Drunkenness.—The following were found guilty of being drunk in various parts or' the city on Saturday night hist: Robt. John Galbraith was fined 207 nnd costs, while Charles Connor and Ed. Has Campbell, a prohibited person, were each fined 10/ and costs. Henry 01dh;;;n. John James Green, and William Stnyte each had a penalty of 5/ and costs imposed. Threatening Behaviour.—A charge of using threatening behaviour in Cmtorostreet while drunk was preferred against Christopher Murray. The accused was' found guilty, and fined £2 10/ and costs. Dusty Roads.—Lionel Clyde Chatfield. a young cyclist, who was charged with riding upon the footpath of Manukauroad, Epsom, pleaded the dusty state of the road as an excuse, hut the stipendiary' said this was not sufficient, and fined him o/ and cost?.

Tavement Obstruction.—Mr T. C. Turner (City Traffic Inspector) prosecuted several tradesmen for appropriating portions of the footpath to display their goods. Henry Woods, a Cook-street grocer, who was one of the defendants, seemed to ho of opinion that he was entitled to some part of the pavement, for he asked how much he could have. '"'Nothing at all," replied the astonished inspector, who said th?,t there, was a large pile of goods belonging to the defendant on the narrow footway. Woods was fined 5/ and costs, as also were John Charles Sharpies and John Ellyett. Juvenile Arrest*. —Four little children, whose ages ranged from seven years to eleven, were brought up on a charge of entering the Devonport Public School and destroying property to the value of about 10/. The Magistrate said that it was a great pity that such little children should have, been brought before the Court, it would have been better for the teacher and the parents to have dealt, with them. He was sure there was no criminal intention in the children when they entered the school. The parents promised His Worship that they would punish tho children, and also endeavour to bring them to realise the wrongfulness of their action. His Worship then dismissed the information. Adjourned —Marie "R. Rennie, the licensed keeper of an infant home, was charged with removing a child without notifying the police of the fact. Mr Laurie, solicitor for the defendant asked for a fortnight's adjournment, explaining that there had been a technical breach of the law, and the child was being adopted by Mrs Rennie. The. adjournment was granted. Breach of Prohibition Order.—For being found on the premises of the Royal George Hotel during the currency of a prohibition order. Patrick Lynch was fined 20/.

The Result of Drunkenness. —John C. Mc-Auley pleaded guilty to the double oll'enee of indecency in Gundry-street and resisting the constable who arrested him. He attributed the offences to drunkenness, and His Worship, upon ascertaining that his treatment of the constable was not scrioua. fined him £ 1 and costs for the assault, and ordered him to be imprisoned until 5 o'clock upon the other charge. A prohibition order was issued against McAuley upon his own application.