POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 289, 11 December 1906, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

' .--,-- -r this DAS- ..V .^ : ; • (Before Mr; B* JSt&t? S_lfcp - "The Drunkards.— -The otfender was fined 10/-, double . .the* usual amount because he had been , found drunk in Albert .Park* vWaltetiHuinby, whose record was' lehgthy,;wis fihed" ttr 14 days''impris"oj___ent.. :Charlesl JHalder Woods pleaded > to', drunkenness "behaviour. I*'1 *' TH* had been previously 5 times," %jid was fined £.2 Vfith costs, or ;14 days'.imprisonment..,,.. ;--...; Suspicious ConducL--A. young ,nM named Harold Byrott -pleaded-; guflj^; ; to having "been found at'-mgbit without lawful - excuse oa 1 the ; Trevitblck and Mrs.,;Bennett, Karanga-hape-roacL Sergeant Hendry stated that a constable saw the accused, who was apparently sober, go into a yard in » suspicious way. A watch' was/kept,' and in due .^course:.thei constable'- ap-' proached the;. yard, v i Byron ran away, but vn& caught. He gave a ■wrong' name, and■. 'seyeral \ different rea»> sons for being in the yard. The ac-" cused had previously been convicted of using obscene language.- He told the magistrate that he had been drinkihg and.went into the yard for a rest. This excuse was not acceptedi- and he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment; 1 Maintenance.—Frederick , : « Silvester Follas was ordered ;t»y consent' to, payj £1 weekly towards-"the maintenance iof his wife and chidren. ... ~ Wil-" liam:Henry Worth, as the'fathet of an illegitimate was ordered to pay 5/ weekly for its maintenance. I The3p#mplainant was represented by?Mr Brookfield oh behalf of tlrt'-Soiaety for the Protection of Women .and Chlldren._An application by Henry Barstow, junr., for the cancellation of an order to maintain his father was granted-: without, opposi--tion;.-.-- ..-J..___ r '.-' : ;.- ■ —J. '~.';■ An Acddent-rr-As. to a bicycle" accident in which a young cyclist named; Ernest Brownley was i injured, William Maddaford, the driver of"a cart, was summoned for driving in Eden-terrace on the wrong side. The police stated! that while Maddaiprd'S'.vehicle was going down the "horse swery-; ed, and a long piece of moulding, which; was in the""care, struck the cyclist,' knomldng him off tlie-iiachine. fendaht's explanations was that he drove, on the wrong side to avoid, colliding; with a tram \jear.:. : . He Jiad offered' -to-; pay SB by the.in-;; jured cyclist. The magistrate came to the conclusion that payment of 17/ oostsi would meet the case.' - : ";' .1 t Alleged Indecent Assault, -r - ' A youth-, named Claude Marmont, defended by Mr. "J; R. Reed, pleaded not guilty, to-a charge of indecently assaulting a; little' girl aged 6 years. Sergeant Hendry,; who the v ev»ience,: which was to the effect that the accused drove the little girl to a house in Sussexstreet," -which was partly burned; There it was alleged he indecently assaulted her, and then told her to go Borne but'hot to say anything about what bad happened. Dr. Girdler's teEtimony. was, that; no 'bruises could .be found;en : the; girl'B body, and nothing serious was indicated. " ■-:-/-?.;-l;,-.; jy- ;^V ■/■ ~ ■ C-\- ; - 'X^°- C .?eding.)"i-, ;';. ' H :-- T?__STERD___, '. .' Charge Against a Gordon., prosecuted : .-»:'.;:,;-_>oBS^b^^bjpy y ; Angus, aged 13, .on;Ta ; charge of indecenily assaulting a; girl; aged 6 years at Ponsonby, on •liecember 7th. Mr. McGregor, who defended, sub* mitted that as the evidence showed at. tempted rape, the' lesser charge of indecent assault -could not: be brought against bis client. He quoted; an AP*peal Court decision in his favour, and after-the evidence had beed taken, the' argument was continued this morning by Sub-inspector Gordon. His Warship held that the contention for the de : fence did not apply to the case. .He suggested that the accused should be committed, by consent of his parents, to an industrial school, or in the ralterr native*that he should be committed to the Supreme 'Court for trial Decision in the matter was delayed.so that the boy's parents could be consulted. Eventually the accused was committed for trial, and allowed bail upon his tatherV. bond. ; „.'_ ,-'-