POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 8 January 1908, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

THIS "DAY. (Before Mr. C. C. Kettle, 531.) C __~-» c THE DRUNKARDS. t Frank Augustus FitzGeorge stepped _. into the dock, adorned with a magnificent speciment of a "black eye."' Sub- | Inspector Gordon said the offender ar- * rived in a drunken condition, at his brother-in-law's premises, where he had been staying, and after a dispute, went away, returning later, when he capped his escapade by smashing two windows. His Worship fined FitzGeorge 5/- and expenses for drunkenness, and an addi- S tioiial £12 for his assault, on the windows. The restraining influence of J ( prohibition order was added. A first j offending drunkard, departed, minus the , usual fee of 5/- and costs. . GIVING WAY TO TEMPTATTCTn. ' A younsr Samoan named James Mere- , dith pleaded guilty through his counsel. Mr. T. Cotter, to having stolen £ 15 and j a handbag from .Sally Meredith, a distant . relative of his. with whom he had been boardins. The accused went to the j races, and lost his money, and the temptation to obtain more, to continue his investments, was too strong for him. He knew that the prosecutor possessed a. sum of money which was contained in a hand-bag in her room. He took the bag and buried it after pocketing the [ contents. Constable Boag was summon- j cd. and Meredith subsequently confessed j to him. banding over about £ 10. Mr. i Cotter informed the Bench that the ac- j cused was a hard-working man and this I was his first lapse from the paths of rectitude. Mr. Kettle decided to remand Meredith until Wednesday, pend- ! ing the receipt of the probation officer's | re-port. \

ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. Three charges of having obtained two amounts of £5 and one of £10 from Maurice O'Connor by means of false pretences. were preferred against John Pearee Baker. Sub-Inspector Gordon *aid that other chanres were pending, and accordingly secured a week's remaiidMr. Sharpies, who appeared for the accused, secured bail. AN DJSISTANT VISITOR. Francis Pithie. who has been separated from his wife, went to her present residence yesterday in a drunken condition, but the door was shut and he was not admitted. Determined to enter, however, he burst the door open, and his wife escaped with her child through the back door. Police aid was summoned and the unwelcome visitor haled to the lock-up. The errant husband was convicted and ren-arded with a prohibition order and some good advice. POLICE AND SAILORS. The second officer of the ship Joseph Craig, Robert Sinclair, appeared in an-1 swer to a charge of having obstructed Constables Christiansen and Clark while in the execution of their duty. Mr. J. R. 1 Lundon appeared for the defendant. For 1 the prosecution it was stated that the police went oa board for the purpose of I arresting a French sailor. He struggled and the use of handcuffs was deemed ne- | cessary. The constable said that the ! defendant tried to pull them oil their j prisoner and drag him away. The anI swer to this was that Sinclair put his hand on one of tha constable's shoulders and told him not to ill-use the man. The assertion that the police were ob- : structed and interfered with was denied, I the defendant stating that he informed the police that lie did not think they had i any right to take the man off the vessel ] without a warrant. On the arrival of I Sergt. Ramsay, the defendant made no j further objection. (Before Mr. R. W. Dyer, S.M-) A CASE DISMISSED. A charge of indecent behaviour in the ! Western Park was preferred against ; Frederick Voice, who was defended by ! Mr. Sharpies. The only evidence against ; the accused was given by three children, and the evidence given for the defence tended to prove that an error had been made in identification. Witnesses stated that Voice was not in the park on the j day in question, and that after leaving 1 ! his place of employment, he lunched in ■ Queen-street, returning to his lodgings in j Ponsonby, where he remained all day. I This statement was borne out by several ! i witnesses, and the Magistrate dismissed • I the case.